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TERRANCE LEO MEIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1944 – August 12, 1967
Service recordTerrance Leo Meier, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 104
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 104
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LISTORTILance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE MCMATHLance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- VERNON JOSEPH THORSTEINSONCorporal · August 12, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.