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GEORGE LAXLEY MYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1930 – December 12, 1967
Service recordGeorge Laxley Myers, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 84
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31E, Line 84
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES KUGELMANNSpecialist Five · December 12, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- GERALD RAYMOND NEWBROUGHSergeant · December 12, 1967
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 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.