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DAVID ROSS MYERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1941 – December 21, 1967
Service recordDavid Ross Myers, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 38
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- JOSE MEDEL MENDOZAPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOORE JRPrivate · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 35
- DONALD LAVERN SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 40
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.