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RAYMOND C MEEKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – March 31, 1970
Service recordRaymond C Meekins, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 63
- DANIEL KAYE KOHLSergeant · March 31, 1970
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1970
- JACK RAE SMITHSergeant · March 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD CLINTON DEBOLTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 62
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 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.