Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Bernard Edwin Meister
Headstone of Bernard Edwin Meister
U.S. Army · United States United States

Bernard Edwin Meister

Chief Warrant Officer 2
1938 – 1970
Distinguished Flying CrossBronze Star MedalPurple HeartAir Medal
Army Good Conduct MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 13W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bernard Edwin Meister served in the U.S. Army. Bernard served with the 334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE. Bernard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Bernard was 31 years old.

How He Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Accident in theatre
Place Long Khanh
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Army
334TH AHC, 145TH AVN BN, 12TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
100E: Attack Helicopter Pilot
CW2
ATTACK HELICOPTER PILOT
LONG KHANH
1970
Pay grade W02.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 8

For valor

Distinguished Flying Cross

For service and achievement

Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal

Unit awards

Army Good Conduct Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 13W · Line 10 cut as BERNARD E MEISTER
Burial Information
Cemetery Memphis National Cemetery
Section A
Grave 7136
In Our Keeping
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Bernard Edwin Meister
Chief Warrant Officer 2
U.S. Army
- 1970
1st Aviation Brigade
Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Air Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
1 Aviation Brigade - Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

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