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GARY FREDRICK MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordGary Fredrick Myers, of Ft Yates, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Yates, North Dakota (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 27
- JOHN P MCGONIGAL JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.