OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:

Paul Avery Meeks
BIRTH          16 Apr 1930, West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
DEATH          10 Oct 2002 (aged 72), Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA
BURIAL         Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA
PLOT           K-0589
MEMORIAL ID    7287620

Obituary from the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Paul A. Meeks, 72, died Thursday [October 10, 2002].

He was born April 16, 1930, in West Frankfort, Ill. An Air Force veteran, and a retired pilot, he was a 20-year resident of North Las Vegas.

He is survived by his two daughters, Gina Jones of Smyrna, GA and Lexy Petrick of Marietta, GA; brother Harold Meeks of South Bend, IN; sisters, June Greimann of Indianapolis, IN, Nancy Burks of Anderson, MO, Sara Malanca of Camp Verde, AZ, Esther Wiltbank of Eager, AZ, and Jerilyn Strande of Crestview, FL; and one grandchild.

Paul Meeks was preceded in death by his parents, Avery James Meeks (1999) and Lola Marie Clark Meeks (1978), and sister, JoAnn Minnie Meeks Hull (1979).

Captain Paul A. Meeks was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. In the September 1970 issue of AIRMAN, Official Magazine of the U.S. Air Force, Paul was highlighted in the article 'Sandy One - You're On Fire' for his bravery and heroism in saving Col. William A. Jones, III. Jones (Sandy 1) was a lieutenant colonel at the time and commander of the 602d Special Operations Squadron. Paul was his wingman (Sandy 2) in a harrowing mission, with several other USAF pilots, to save two crewmembers from a downed F-4 Phantom, 22 miles west-northwest of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam.

This information, including the obituary and the picture below, were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72876200/paul-avery-meeks. The picture above was obtained from the 1947 HHS Centennial Memories yearbook (when Paul was a junior), made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1947Images/.