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GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1940 – February 11, 1962
Service recordGlen Frederick Merrihew, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1962
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1962. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 7
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- CHARLES AUBREY PULLIAMPrivate First Class · February 17, 1962
- AL SUMINGUIT PADAYHAGSpecialist Five · March 10, 1962
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 7
From Pompano Beach
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- CLYDE TERRY CODYStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.