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DENNIS LEE MERRILL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1943 – November 28, 1967
Service recordDennis Lee Merrill, of Grover City, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Grover City, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 102
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD REYNOLDS NAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
From Grover City
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUPSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- JOHN QUITMAN WINNINGHAMSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.