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PAUL RICHARD MYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1947 – June 13, 1967
Service recordPaul Richard Myers, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 29 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 98
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- CLYDE RICHARD HOUSER JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR LAPIERRECaptain · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 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.