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LOWELL WAYNE MEYER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 9, 1945 – May 17, 1969
Service recordLowell Wayne Meyer, of Riverhead, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 32
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Riverhead, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 32
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD EARL MAYSergeant · May 17, 1969
- JOSEPH MCCANTS JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- CHARLES MERLIN MOE JRLance Corporal · May 17, 1969
From Riverhead
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- JAMES REESE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
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.