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JOE LANELL MEEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – September 18, 1965
Service recordJoe Lanell Meek, of Exeter, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 88
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Exeter, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 88
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 86
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · Panel 2E, Line 86
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 86
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 87
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 89
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
From Exeter
- TIMOTHY DAVID EWINGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- LARRY JAY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- TERRY LEE KETTERCaptain · May 10, 1970
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.