The Wall › Panel 1W › Texas › Francis Elmore Meador
FRANCIS ELMORE MEADOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 28, 1949 – June 14, 1973
Service recordFrancis Elmore Meador, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 14, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 118
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1973
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 118
- EMME R GALBRETH IICaptain · May 28, 1973
- RICHARD TENNEY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1973
- JAMES DAVID BEAVERSSergeant · June 6, 1973
- DAVID VANCE MCLEOD JRMaster Sergeant · June 14, 1973
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 119
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.