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MYRON DIDURYK
Major · U.S. Army
July 15, 1938 – April 24, 1970
Service recordMyron Diduryk, of Somerville, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Somerville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 44
- STEVEN MARK CRONRATHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- JAMES EMORY CROSSCaptain · April 24, 1970
- ERNEST ERVIN ENGLISHSergeant · April 24, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 47
From Somerville
- RICHARD JOSEPH VALLONEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES LOUIS MAGLIAROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRECHSpecialist Four · December 1, 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.