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JAMES BRANNON MEEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – November 28, 1967
Service recordJames Brannon Meek, of Maitland, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 102
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Maitland, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 102
- DENNIS LEE MERRILLLance Corporal · November 28, 1967
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD REYNOLDS NAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 100
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 100
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 1
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
From Maitland
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · March 7, 1968
- STEVE HATHAWAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
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.