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ROBERT FRANK MEGLIO
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
November 13, 1933 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Frank Meglio, of Flushing, New York, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 6, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 62
- GORDON BRUCE MATTHEWSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ALONZO EARL MAYHALLSergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS ALLERTON MEADECorporal · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WALKER MCGHEEPetty Officer First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 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.