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WILLIAM W MEISEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1950 – October 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam W Meisel JR, of Riverside, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 41
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
- August 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Riverside, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUNATechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
From Riverside
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAY WEBSTER STULLCaptain · February 28, 1968
- JEFFREY SANDERS TIGNERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE MEDIATELance Corporal · August 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.