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LEWIS DONALD MEYER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1952 – February 8, 1971
Service recordLewis Donald Meyer JR, of Troy, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Troy, Montana (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 88
- KYLE CLINTON HOLFELTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · February 8, 1971
- KEVIN PETER KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- DALE WALTER MEADPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- JOSEPH WAYNE MILEYSergeant · February 8, 1971
From Troy
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- RANDOLPH ALLEN PERRY JRLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1972
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.