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JACK MERRIEL STRONG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1946 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJack Merriel Strong, of Horseheads, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Horseheads, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 33
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- JOSEPH RUMMEL WHITE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Horseheads
- WALTER EARL VONDERCHEKSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- TERRY WARD MOTTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHELL JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.