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JAMES MICHAEL MEEHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – November 14, 1970
Service recordJames Michael Meehan, of Flushing, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 60
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · November 14, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · November 14, 1970
- JOSEPH RUSSELL KLUGGLieutenant · November 14, 1970
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 58
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.