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LEE DAVID MEADOWS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1951 – September 15, 1970
Service recordLee David Meadows, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 64
- AARON VINSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- ALBERT FRANK AMMANNFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 64
- WAYNE ALLEN MCCONKEYCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 66
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.