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JOHN EARL MYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – February 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Earl Myers, of Brinkley, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Brinkley, Arkansas (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 109
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- LARRY EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- LARRY ELDON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
From Brinkley
- ODES WINSTON JEFFERSSpecialist Five · February 28, 1963
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1969
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.