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CHARLES EDWARD MERRIMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – July 16, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Merriman, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 80
- ANDREW M HOVANCIK JRSergeant · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER JOOSTENHospitalman · July 16, 1967
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 81
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.