 WORLD
WAR II
Lloyd Dee Meek
ARMY - PFC -KIA South Pacific
Service Number 38045238
3 Sep 1918 - 9 Jan 1943
163 Inf 103
Div.
American Soldiers during the capturing of
Sanananda
It was jungle all the way
He was the son of Edgar Jewell Meek &
Ellen Renfroe Meek
In 1943 his unit participated;
The Papuan
Campaign, winning the battles at Sananada,
Gona, and Kumsi River
*Looking at a timeline of
his unit they were Capturing Sanananda Jan
4th through the 15th.
Registration Record
He misspelled his name! His records and
tombstone read Lloyd
He is listed twice on a Hospitalization list.
Lloyd D Meek admission date Jul 1942
-Australia, He had Acute, Catarrhal.
Returned to duty.
His next was Jan 1943 when he was dead. They
made a report of his death.
He was in New Guinea Jan 1943. He died from
wounds received in action.
His injury was in his leg. (likely it hit his
artery)
Fort
Worth Star-Telegram
13 Feb 1943
Gainesville Daily Register
15 Jan 1949
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He was buried overseas and returned to
be buried in Cedar
Mills Cemetery
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