Name: 1LT John Franklin Meyer
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/26/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 26.2
Date of Birth: 11/07/1942
Home City: Le Sueur, MN
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-364
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 34W-086
Short Summary: Aircraft flew into Ba Na Mountain on a night medevac.
Aircraft: CH-46D tail number 153997
Service number: 095523
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 05/17/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: FT SNELLING NATIONAL CEM, MINNEAPOLIS MN
This record was last updated on 04/12/1998
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