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WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1945 – December 6, 1965
Service recordWilliam Michael Meglio JR, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 135
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- HERBERT ALLEN HILFIKERPetty Officer Third Class · December 6, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.