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JOHN JOSEPH MEYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1949 – March 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Meyer, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 15
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · March 2, 1969
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1969
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.