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LAWRENCE THOMAS MYERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1949 – October 6, 1968
Service recordLawrence Thomas Myers, of Cary, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Cary, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- 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
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 19
- DANIEL AUGUST MILLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1968
- ROBERT GARY OWENSergeant · October 6, 1968
- DONALD JERALD PARKSStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- STEVEN DALE PERRYSergeant · October 6, 1968
From Cary
- RICHARD A ROWELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 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.