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TONY HOWARD MYERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – December 22, 1970
Service recordTony Howard Myers, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 135
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 135
- ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAGSergeant · December 20, 1970
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 1970
- VERNON RAY ANDERSON JRSpecialist Five · December 22, 1970
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 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.