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WILLIE J MYRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordWillie J Myrick, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 7
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 7
- STANLEY MARCEL STASZAKMajor · April 4, 1959
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- CARL ARTHUR SMITHLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 3
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 8
- ALFONZA WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 9
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.