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AMOS DOUGLAS MYERS
Fireman Second Class, United States Navy
Service# 3686722
USS VIREO (AM-52)
Lapwing-class minesweeper, commissioned October 16, 1919
Date of Enlistment: June 10, 1941
Home or Place of Enlistment: Grangeville, Idaho
Date of Loss
: October 15, 1942
Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against Imperial
Japanese Forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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