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PAUL OSWALD MEDER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 29, 1931 – December 21, 1972
Service recordPaul Oswald Meder, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in Laos, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Navigator (1585Z)
- Born
- December 29, 1931
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 101
- ROBERT LEONEL LILES JRMajor · December 21, 1972
- GEORGE BARRY LOCKHARTCaptain · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
- GEORGE DUNCAN MACDONALDCaptain · December 21, 1972
- JOHN QUITMAN WINNINGHAMSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.