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JOHN SAMUELS MYERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – July 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Samuels Myers, of Moneta, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Moneta, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 8
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · July 10, 1970
- ROY ALBERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- DENNIS KEITH MARTINSergeant · July 10, 1970
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JERRY FOUCHESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 7
- ROGER DALE HARTNESSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 7
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Moneta
- ELMER MASON NANCEFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 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.