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ROBERT LESLIE MYERS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Leslie Myers, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 10
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 10
- CARL THOMAS MCCOY JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1968
- JAMES RAY MULLINSLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.