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ROBERT EUGENE MEEHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1948 – April 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Meehan, of Oil City, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Oil City, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 40
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE MATHENYSergeant · April 23, 1968
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
From Oil City
- ERNEST CRAIG HOMERSergeant · November 16, 1968
- SCOTT MEYER SIBSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WARD ELLIOTT HOMERSergeant · March 19, 1969
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.