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JOHN PATRICK MELOY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – December 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Meloy, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 82
- WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRYSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MONAGHANLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 78
- CHARLES ALVIN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
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.