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GORDON E MYERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1950 – January 25, 1969
Service recordGordon E Myers, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 78
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JACKIE LEE MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE NEWBERRYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- BRUCE DONALD OAKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 74
- JOSEPH LYNN MEADEPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 77
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.