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ROBERT IRWIN MEEKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – February 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Irwin Meeker, of Woodmere, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 55
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodmere, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 55
- MARLIN MARK JONES JRSeaman · February 18, 1969
- CARL EUGENE KELLY JRLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- MARWICK LEROY KEMPGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1969
- PHILLIP EDWARD MINTONCorporal · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL CARLYLE COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 53
From Woodmere
- PETER T MELAHNPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- STEVEN ANDREW GERSHNOWPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.