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DAVID GEPHART MYERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1943 – June 8, 1967
Service recordDavid Gephart Myers, of State College, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 75
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMO 3 MAG 16 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- State College, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 75
- VICTOR JOE APODACA JRMajor · June 8, 1967
- JESUS EFRAIN LEON-DESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · June 8, 1967
From State College
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS KUCASFirst Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 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.