Raymond E. Myers (1918-1962) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

SFC Raymond E. "Bill" Myers

Born 15 Sep 1918 in Carterville, Williamson, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Son of Alma Elmer Myers and Stella (Fowler) Myers

Brother of Mary Myers, Crystal Myers, Frank S. Myers and Townsend Jacob Myers

Husband of Irene Evelyn (Selbrede) Myers — married 22 Oct 1942 in St. Louis, MO

Descendants

Father of [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1950s - unknown)]

Died 16 Mar 1962 at age 43 in At Sea, Western Pacific

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* Raymond was on an airplane with ninety-two other American *
* military personnel on the way to a secret mission in Vietnam *
* when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was lost in the Pacific Ocean *
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Biography

Space:Army Names Plane Victims

Sgt. 1-C Raymond E. Myers, husband of Mrs. Irene E. Myers, 311 Mill Rd., Warren, Ariz. Anderson Herald

Raymond Myers, son of Alma Elmer Myers (1886-1953) and Stella Fowler (1887-1968), was born in 1918 in Illinois.

He married Irene Evelyn Selbrede (1920-2007) in 1942.

Raymond enlisted in the army on 8 February 1943 from Peoria, Illinois.^[1] He was among the combat troops lost when the aircraft disappeared in the Pacific.^[2]

March 15, 1962, three years before American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, 104 people lost their lives when a charter flight operated by Flying Tiger Line on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service was lost in the Pacific Ocean while en route to Saigon, Vietnam, on a secret mission. No wreckage or remains were ever found.

Cenotaph Memorial

Oakwood Cemetery, Carterville, Williamson, Illinois, MEMORIAL ID 29341826

Flight 739 Memorial^[3]

Tiger Flight 739 Memorial^[4]

Sources

↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKX-ZMY : 5 December 2014), Raymond H Myers, enlisted 08 Feb 1943, Peoria, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR2N-VMX : 9 January 2021), Raymond Myers, Mar 1962; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61316724/flight_739-memorial
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2730594/tiger-flight-739-memorial

Selbrede Family Archives. Raymond Myers, born 15Sep1918, died 16Mar1962. Husband of Irene Selbrede.

Find A Grave. Raymond E Meyers, born 15Sep1918. Died 16MAr1962. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Carterville, ILL. Inscription: SFC.

Ancestry Tree-howeti. Raymond E. Myers, born 15 Sep19178 in Carterville IL. Died 16 Mar 1962 between Guam and Philippines. Husband of Irene Evelyn Selbrede, married 22 Oct 1942 in St. Louis. Son of Alma Elmer Meyers and Stella Fowler. No sources cited.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Raymond by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Raymond: