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JOHN BLOCKER MECKEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1944 – February 9, 1966
Service recordJohn Blocker Meckel, of Lakewood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- November 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
From Lakewood
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.