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JIMMY LEE MYERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1932 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Myers, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 38
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- BYRON DEAN MCQUINNCorporal · February 24, 1969
- JAMES NICKENSStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ODLEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JON BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- MERLE FLOYD BUTLER IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31W, Line 32
- WILLIAM C CLINGER IIICorporal · Panel 31W, Line 33
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 35
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31W, Line 38
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 39
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.