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CHESTER ARTHUR MYERS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1940 – March 10, 1967
Service recordChester Arthur Myers JR, of Eagle River, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Eagle River, Wisconsin (Vilas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 54
- LOUIS PHILLIP MERINOPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- DENNIS ORVILLE NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 10, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM RABEYSecond Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL RAGERSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 52
- ROGER WILLIAM RABEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 54
From Eagle River
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW MIETUSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
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.