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PAUL ALBERT MEINERS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1929 – March 2, 1966
Service recordPaul Albert Meiners, of Kaysville, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 2, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 5, 1929
- Home of record
- Kaysville, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 96
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- CHARLES FREDRICK COINERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT FLETCHER FIELDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- PAUL HARRISON GREENEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
From Kaysville
- GREGORY J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
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.