Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Army Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III

Remember Our Heroes

Army Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III, 19, of Senoia, Ga.

Pvt Meadows was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Dec. 16, 2008 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.


PV2 Colman J. Meadows III, 19, of Senoia, Georgia, a 2007 graduate of Northgate High School. He was known to everyone as Joseph.

He joined the Army on January 22, 2008, and took his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Currently he was assigned to Military Intelligence as a special electronic devices repairer as part of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas.

Deployed to Afghanistan, he died at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.

His awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.

He is survived by his mother, Kelley Hooper and her husband Michael of Sharpsburg; father, Coleman Meadows, Jr. of Jonesboro; half-brother, Montana Meadows of Jonesboro; grandparents, Mary Ann Gobelle and her husband Dave of Scotsdale, AZ; Ken Fore and his wife Cathi of Colorado Springs, CO; Pat Meadows of Jonesboro; George Hooper and his wife Rosemary of Andover, KS; Aunts, Heather Hooper of Edwardsville IL, Theresa Hooper of Andover, KS; Uncles, John Fore and his wife Kim of Sharpsburg, Bud Fore and his wife Nicall of Luthersville, Warren Meadows of Jonesboro, and numerous cousins.


Colman with his "Grammy" (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32258132)

Army Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III was killed in a non-combat related incident on 12/16/08.

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