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RICHARD RAY MEIGGS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1944 – December 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Ray Meiggs, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 70
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 70
- DAVID MICHAEL MCCORDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- WILLIAM TURNER OVERCASHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.