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MICHAEL ALLEN MEEHAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 14, 1949 – March 14, 1970
Service recordMichael Allen Meehan, of Dafter, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 128
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Dafter, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 128
- MARTIN JOHN DIMARZIOStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · March 14, 1970
- JIMMY DARRELL ROBERSONCorporal · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD RUSSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Dafter
- JOSEPH WALTER CASINOStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
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.