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MEIR ENGEL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 12, 1914 – December 16, 1964
Service recordMeir Engel, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 77
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 12, 1914
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1964
- Age
- 50
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 77
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- TOMMIE D EMERTSergeant · December 13, 1964
- EARL ALLEN PATTERSONStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1964
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
From Philadelphia
- 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
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 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.