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PAUL HOOVER MELOY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1930 – August 10, 1968
Service recordPaul Hoover Meloy, of Bradfordwoods, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Bradfordwoods, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 42
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · August 10, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MARSHALLPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BEN LOPEZ HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 41
- CARLOS MANUEL RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 44
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.