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WILLIAM LATHEM MYERS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1947 – February 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lathem Myers JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 63
- JOHNNIE MASONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- DALE WILLIAM MOORESpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS NOWLINLance Corporal · February 19, 1967
- DONALD BURRIS POPELance Corporal · February 19, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.