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CLYDE PEYTON MEREDITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – January 13, 1970
Service recordClyde Peyton Meredith, of Deer Park, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 30
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Deer Park, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 30
- RICHARD LEE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARDSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
- RALPH LAMAR HAMPTONSergeant · January 13, 1970
From Deer Park
- RAYMOND DONALD MARECKCorporal · May 7, 1970
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · April 10, 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.