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JAMES ROBERT MEADE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 27, 1941 – April 2, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Meade, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 101
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 101
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
- GLENN LEE HATAFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · April 2, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL YOUNGERMANPrivate · April 2, 1971
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.