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GEORGE HENRY MEYERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1923 – August 18, 1970
Service recordGeorge Henry Meyers, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 7, 1923
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 122
- DON WAYNE LOVESpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS HENRY PAPPENHEIMCorporal · August 18, 1970
- JOSEPH HENRY SHELTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NORMAN BOLLMANCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 121
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.