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DANIEL R MEADOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – October 3, 1967
Service recordDaniel R Meador, of Vinton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Vinton, Virginia (Roanoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 45
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- TERRY LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM W MCCARRICKWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 45
From Vinton
- RONALD HENRY CHITTUMSergeant · November 18, 1965
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY KEESEELance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- WILLIAM F SILVER JRCorporal · May 13, 1969
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.