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CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1945 – July 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Louis Myers JR, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 27
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLARENCE MOORESpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JIMMY LAYNE NORSWORTHYLance Corporal · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 23
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 24
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 25
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 26
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 26
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 28
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 28
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 29
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 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.