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EUGENE THOMAS MEADOWS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 4, 1940 – October 13, 1966
Service recordEugene Thomas Meadows, of Hiddenite, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 13, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 71
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Born
- March 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Hiddenite, North Carolina (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- DENNIS DAY HARRISSergeant · October 13, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE JARRELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- EMERY GEORGE MIKULAFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
From Hiddenite
- ROBERT GARY HAYESSergeant · January 10, 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.