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JAMES KEITH MERRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordJames Keith Merrell, of Milroy, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 49
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Milroy, Indiana (Rush County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 49
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RONALD LEWIS MORRISSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- SHIRL BRAD NANCEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WINNINGHAMSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH VERASTIQUESpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 49
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 50
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 51
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 52
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.