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TERRY LYNN MEYER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 24, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordTerry Lynn Meyer, of Wauseon, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Wauseon, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two 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 34E, Line 30
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN MCCALLISTERLance Corporal · January 11, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
From Wauseon
- ROGER DALE RUOFFSpecialist Four · November 16, 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.