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JOHN MAURICE MYERS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 24, 1946 – January 25, 1966
Service recordJohn Maurice Myers, of Groose Ponte Woods, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Groose Ponte Woods, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 93
- JAMES BRUCE JONESAirman Third Class · January 25, 1966
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- RONALD ALTON MARSHPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
From Groose Ponte Woods
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · May 23, 1969
- JERRY LEWIS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 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.