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CHARLES THOMAS MEADOWS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1950 – May 15, 1971
Service recordCharles Thomas Meadows, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 36
- CLYDE DAVISSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
- STEPHEN JAMES HADLEYSergeant · May 15, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDENSergeant · May 15, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 35
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
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.