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WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 13, 1943 – November 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Daniels Meara JR, of Mt Holly, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 8
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, New Jersey (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 8
- MURIEL STANLEY GROOMESLance Corporal · November 2, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMIDMajor · November 2, 1968
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · November 2, 1968
- JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGERWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REFUGIO CANALESSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 7
From Mt Holly
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 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.