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VERLYN GWEN MEYER
Captain · U.S. Army
September 20, 1942 – August 22, 1968
Service recordVerlyn Gwen Meyer, of Lennox, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Lennox, South Dakota (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 29
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 27
- JAMES K MCALEER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 30
- PATRICK EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 34
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.