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JAMES ALLEN MERRETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1945 – December 12, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Merrett, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 12
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYWarrant Officer 1 · December 12, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SINCHAK JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1968
- WALTER LEO STARLINGSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BELTRANSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 10
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 12
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.