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GEORGE LEE MYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lee Myers, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 34
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- RONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANOCorporal · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 35
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.