Alfred Lemuel Meadows was born on 22 February 1907 in Virginia. He was the son of Linwood Lee Meadows and Minnie Martin. He married Viola May Staples in Virginia in 1933. Pvt. Meadows enlisted on August 23, 1943, in Richmond, VA
Killed in Action 25 September 1944
Buried at Fort Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
Private
30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Company J
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 21, 1944
Memorial services for Pvt. Alfred L. Meadows, 37, killed in action Sept. 25 in France, will be held at Immanuel Street Baptist Church. He was the husband of Mrs. Viola Meadows, 121 Street, and the son of Lemuel L. Meadows, Cumberland, Va. Pvt. Meadows entered the Army a year ago and had been overseas six months when killed, He had served in the Army before outbreak of the war, and was in the Army Reserve when recalled to duty.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 22 February 1907
- Date of death: 25 September 1944
- County: Knox
- Hometown: Knoxville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Fort Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Middle Panel
- Sponsored by: H. Blair Trimble
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