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DANIEL LEROY MYERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDaniel Leroy Myers, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 83
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 83
- HENRY LESTER ADERHOLTSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · April 2, 1970
- FREDERICK MAREZSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
- DENNIS NEWMAN PIPKINCorporal · April 2, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD RARRICKSergeant · April 2, 1970
From Lock Haven
- JOHN JAY EDWARDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · May 3, 1968
- DOMINIC M SEMENTELLI JRSergeant · March 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
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.