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HUBERT ARTHUR MEREDITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – August 1, 1968
Service recordHubert Arthur Meredith, of Turtletown, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Turtletown, Tennessee (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 44
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1968
- HAROLD LEE MARCUMLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- LEONARD THOMAS MARLINPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- JIMMY LEE NATIONSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
From Turtletown
- DONALD RICHARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
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.