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ALVA NORTEN MYRICK II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1942 – June 16, 1967
Service recordAlva Norten Myrick II, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 113
- CHARLES ROBERT MEARSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · June 16, 1967
- EDWARD MORRISSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 115
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY MITCHELLMajor · May 22, 1968
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.