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KENNETH ANTHONY MEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – September 15, 1969
Service recordKenneth Anthony Meyer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 92
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 92
- THEODORE LEONARD WYKOFFStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR BENNETTSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · September 16, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.