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CHAD DAVID MEADOWS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordChad David Meadows, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 22
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 22
- RICHARD CARL MADISONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY WAYNE MELTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JOHN H PATE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- ROBERT L SPRINGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.