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F/O Warren G. Myers graduated from Mount Carmel High School.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 11 December 1942. He received his wings and was commissioned a Flight Officer on 27 June 1944 at Spence Field, Georgia, and was sent overseas on 30 January 1945.

After making a strafing pass on enemy trucks, he failed to pull up his aircraft, crashing into the side of a hill. The airplane exploded when it hit the ground.

In September 1947, a report was received from the British War Graves commission concerning the remains of an American, identified by uniform only, which were found in the Loh Cemetery near Ludenscheid. According to the Germans, only British flyers had been buried in this cemetery during the war. These remains were recovered from a grave which had been marked "Unknown English Flyer" and were taken to the U.S. Military Cemetery Ardennes as Unknown X-6859 since there were no means through which immediate identification could be established.

Subsequent investigation and interrogation of German civilians familiar with the incident, revealed that the remains had been reburied by the Germans, as British, in the Loh Cemetery after being removed from the Bruningshausen Cemetery, where they were initially interred on 19 March 1945. Upon re-opening the initial grave in the Bruningshausen Cemetery, an identification tag bearing F/O Myer's name and serial number was found.

A careful examination of the remains at Ardennes resulted in a positive identification.

His brother, Capt Donald C. Myers also served during the war.