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JOSEPH STEVEN MEISBURGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – February 8, 1967
Service recordJoseph Steven Meisburger, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 10
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 10
- FREDERIC WILLIAM MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1967
- JACK MCCOMBS SECREST JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WRIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 8
- MILLARD FRANKLIN MEADOWSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 9
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.