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MYLES CLAYTON SAVELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1936 – September 8, 1966
Service recordMyles Clayton Savell, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 76
- MICHAEL THOMAS DEFIBAUGHLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 76
- CARL DEANE METROSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 77
- ROBERT LEWIS PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 77
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 78
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.