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JEROLD WERNER MEISINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – July 18, 1968
Service recordJerold Werner Meisinger, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 6
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 6
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- ALVIN MACK LASTER JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · July 18, 1968
- DENNIS STANLEY MALECLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 2
- MICHAEL ELKINTONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 3
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 7
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 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.