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PEARL WAYNE MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1946 – March 16, 1967
Service recordPearl Wayne Myers, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 93
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAMON JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- SYLVESTER LANDSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.