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WILLIAM HENRY MYERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Myers, of Salem, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 1
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Indiana (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 1
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- PHILLIP ARTHUR STRIZZISpecialist Five · May 12, 1967
From Salem
- CONRAD ALAN SIPPLECorporal · March 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLANSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
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.