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VAL GREGORY MEYER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – April 21, 1970
Service recordVal Gregory Meyer, of Brighton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Brighton, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 31
- MARK FARRENSergeant First Class · April 21, 1970
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · April 21, 1970
- ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 21, 1970
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
From Brighton
- JOHN DONALD STPETERSPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
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.