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ALVIN MERRICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – May 9, 1969
Service recordAlvin Merricks, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 30
- EDWARD MATTHEW KLANIECKISpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- MICHAEL LABIANCAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MARKUNASSergeant · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALTON REASONS JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM MARKUNASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 30
- JIM ALLEN THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 33
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.