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EDWARD JEROME MERRITT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1941 – November 4, 1966
Service recordEdward Jerome Merritt, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 22
- SEBERN EMLIS GRAHAM JRAirman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BALT HUNTMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR KERNDLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 20
- CARMEN PAUL CARTONIAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 23
- HOWARD LESLIE WALKERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 25
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.