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THOMAS WESLY MEEK
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1937 – March 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Wesly Meek, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 58
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JERRY BERNARD KRAFTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.