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DOUGLAS CARROLL MERRILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordDouglas Carroll Merrill, of North St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 62
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
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- North St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 62
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · August 18, 1969
- FRANCIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- VINCENT JAMES MUSCOSergeant · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LOUIS ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- ROBERT ALAN FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- GEARLD ALBERT HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 61
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 62
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 62
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
From North St Paul
- JAMES FRANCIS MALLOYFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.