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HAROLD EDWIN MYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1950 – March 31, 1971
Service recordHarold Edwin Myers, of Rockport, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Rockport, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 96
- RAPHAEL LORENZO COLLAZOSergeant · March 17, 1968
- DONALD RAY BAILEYCorporal · March 31, 1971
- ROBERT LEESpecialist Four · March 31, 1971
- RANDOLPH LEE MARTHEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 96
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.