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HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 22, 1948 – March 23, 1969
Service recordHoward Michael Meute, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 23, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Alamogordo, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 19
- CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 23, 1969
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · March 23, 1969
- JOHN LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- BILL ARTHUR MOSCHETTISpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From Alamogordo
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
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.