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THOMAS LAWRENCE MEIDAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1941 – August 4, 1967
Service recordThomas Lawrence Meidam, of West Allis, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- February 25, 1941
- Home of record
- West Allis, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 78
- RALPH CAMPION BISZLieutenant Commander · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN NOSEKLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- JAIME PARRILLA-CALDERONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
From West Allis
- ROBERT GRESKOWIAKCaptain · May 15, 1965
- DUNCAN FREDERICK KRUEGERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- JOHN ALLEN BUSCHKESergeant · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
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.