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ROBERT JEROME MEYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1944 – January 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Jerome Meyer, of Sidney, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 29
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Sidney, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 29
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PAINTERPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
From Sidney
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- TERRY FISHER KATTERHENRYCaptain · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY HUSTONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · April 22, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MONTE RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1970
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.