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DAVID HENRY MERRIAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1944 – November 17, 1968
Service recordDavid Henry Merriam, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 3
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 3
- WAYNE EDWARD KOHNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- ROBERT BAILEY MARKUMCorporal · November 17, 1968
- ROY EDWARD MAYSergeant · November 17, 1968
- MARTIN ELBY MENDOZASergeant · November 17, 1968
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- HARRY D HUSTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1967
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALAN HOODPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
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.