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DAVID ERNEST MEADE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1949 – May 15, 1970
Service recordDavid Ernest Meade, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 46
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 46
- STEVEN DEE MERRELLCorporal · May 15, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOREAUSergeant · May 15, 1970
- EDWARD EARL NISEWONGERSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
- DOYLE GEAN PULSESpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.