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OLIVER WENDELL MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – April 11, 1967
Service recordOliver Wendell Myers, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 16
- WILFREDO MERCADO-SANTOSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MIGUELPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JOHN J RABIDEAUPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 13
- BOBBY WALTER COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 13
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 13
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 14
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 14
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 17
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 17
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 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.