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THOMAS JAMES MEENAN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 29, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordThomas James Meenan, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 7
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 7
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
From Menomonee Falls
- RAYMOND CHARLES JAJTNERMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ERIC RUDOLPH RADTKEHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- TERRENCE LEE SUNDSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD LEXLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT GROSSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1971
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.