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HUGH WALLACE MERRILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – March 8, 1966
Service recordHugh Wallace Merrill, of Bear Lake, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 130
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Bear Lake, Michigan (Manistee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 130
- NOLAN FRANKLIN DREWRYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
- JON IRVING CLIFFORDPrivate · March 9, 1966
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.