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RONALD WILLIAM MEYER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1942 – June 16, 1966
Service recordRonald William Meyer, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 53
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 53
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- ALCADIO NORBER MASCARENASLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
From Dubuque
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 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.