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WAYNE CHESTER MYERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1946 – January 27, 1968
Service recordWayne Chester Myers, of Saugerties, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Saugerties, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 49
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- THOMAS JACK PENNINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOHN LEE PRICHARDCaptain · January 27, 1968
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · Panel 35E, Line 43
- HERLIHY TOWNSEND LONGColonel · Panel 35E, Line 48
From Saugerties
- THOMAS CLIFTON NEWKIRKPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK STEIGERStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1966
- PAUL LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN WINTERSSergeant · April 22, 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.