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WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – April 30, 1970
Service recordWilliam Alfred Meister, of Morris, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Morris, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 75
- DONALD RALPH LEDLIECorporal · April 30, 1970
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
- LUIS ADRIAN SANTELLANOSergeant · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE EDWARD HORTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 73
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 75
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- DAVID WALDEN STATONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
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.