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LARRY JOE MEADOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – August 3, 1970
Service recordLarry Joe Meador, of Carmichael, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 79
- JACK RICHCARDO GILBERTSergeant · August 3, 1970
- BARRY FRANCIS GRAHAMMajor · August 3, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY GULDANLance Corporal · August 3, 1970
- ANDREW LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARRY FRANCIS GRAHAMMajor · Panel 8W, Line 79
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
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.