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JACK BENNIE MEACHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1943 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJack Bennie Meacham, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 113
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH MCGOWANSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- WAYNE TERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VIRIL LEE AUSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 109
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.