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HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1928 – June 2, 1966
Service recordHoward Anthony Mesoyedz, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 134
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Operations Man (0848)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 31, 1928
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 134
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · June 2, 1966
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- LEROY PAUL PRAIRIEPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.