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WILLIAM CHESTER MEEK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1944 – May 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam Chester Meek, of Marion, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Marion, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 34
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- GLENN ALEXANDER KENNEDYPlatoon Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
From Marion
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- GROVER WILLIS THOMPSONCaptain · January 12, 1969
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.