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JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1949 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJoseph John Meyer JR, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 61
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE MARTENSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH MATTHEWSSeaman · July 4, 1969
- TIMOTHY SHAWN MICHAELWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
From Mechanicsburg
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- PAUL EARL FOUGHT JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 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.