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BILLY JAY MEADOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – May 13, 1967
Service recordBilly Jay Meador, of Farmington, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 110
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Farmington, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 110
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- JULIO VICTOR MORALESLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JOAQUIM VAZ REBELOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL RAYMOND KONOPAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 108
From Farmington
- THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JRPrivate · October 11, 1967
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
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.