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GEORGE LESTER MYERS JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 9, 1942 – June 28, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lester Myers JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 27 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 12
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- STANLEY ROY KILTON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- LOUIS CLEVELAND KIMBRELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCGUIGONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.