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GEORGE ARTHUR MYERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1947 – November 25, 1966
Service recordGeorge Arthur Myers, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 117
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 117
- RICHARD DEAN MATTSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 27, 1966
- DAVID TERRANCE HAKEPrivate First Class · November 25, 1966
- ELLIS ORTON JRFirst Sergeant · November 25, 1966
- PHILIP ALAN PURVISLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.