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R C MYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1946 – May 11, 1969
Service recordR C Myers, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 51
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 51
- JOHN HOLMES LINNPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- STEPHEN RAY LOPEMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- LONZIA RAY MOOREPrivate · May 11, 1969
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.