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PHILLIP WAYNE MEADOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1950 – March 19, 1970
Service recordPhillip Wayne Meador, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 22
- GALEN GEORGE LUDWIGCorporal · March 19, 1970
- DENNIS GERARD PUGHMajor · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL RICHARDSONCorporal · March 19, 1970
- PRESTON DOUGLAS SHARPCorporal · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 21
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 23
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.