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JOSEPH LYNN MEADE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordJoseph Lynn Meade, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 77
- ROBERT MALCOLM LANGSLOWHospitalman · January 25, 1969
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- RONALD DAVID MELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 74
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 78
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.