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HOMER LANDUS MEDLEY
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1930 – May 16, 1968
Service recordHomer Landus Medley, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 13
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 13
- WILLIAM EDWIN KOEHLERPrivate · May 16, 1968
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · May 16, 1968
- ALVIN ANTHONY MACK JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL J MENTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 7
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 10
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 13
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.