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ROBERT JOHN MEREIDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – January 28, 1968
Service recordRobert John Mereider, of Milton, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Milton, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 55
- ROBERT LOUIS KELLASFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- WALTER JOSEPH MIKOSZ JRCorporal · January 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
From Milton
- LINDEN WAYNE BRITTINGHAMLance Corporal · March 1, 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.