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THOMAS WAYNE MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 9, 1943 – May 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Wayne Myers, of Middlesex, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Middlesex, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 2
- JAMES PHILIP HICKEYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARDELL PITTSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 114
From Middlesex
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- DAVID HERBERT ELMANPrivate · March 30, 1966
- WALTER WEISSLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 1969
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.