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JAMES HOWARD MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – June 5, 1969
Service recordJames Howard Myers, of Westville, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Westville, Oklahoma (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 77
- LAWRENCE PATRICK MULVEYSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- HAROLD LESLIE PARKINSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAULSENSergeant · June 5, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD POPPENGACorporal · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LUIS ROMEROPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 78
From Westville
- EDWARD LEWIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · June 7, 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.