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MARC JEFFERY MEEKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – March 8, 1971
Service recordMarc Jeffery Meeker, of Durham, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Durham, Connecticut (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 33
- DALE MITCHELL HOLLOWELLSergeant · March 9, 1971
- MERLE E LOOBEYSergeant First Class · March 9, 1971
- MICHAEL GEORGE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1971
- MATTHEW MARK RENNERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALLEN BOWMANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 32
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.