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JERRY ROGER MEADOWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJerry Roger Meadows, of Regina, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Regina, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 100
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- WILLIAM A MANSERGH JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- PHILLIP LOUIS MASCARIMajor · May 2, 1969
- EDWARD CLAUS POWERSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 98
- WILLIAM A MANSERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 100
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 101
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 104
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.