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JAMES LEE MERRICK JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1943 – October 3, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Merrick JR, of Ames, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 3, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 70
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Ames, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MANNCaptain · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WAKE MILESSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE MONTGOMERYSergeant · October 3, 1968
From Ames
- JAMES ALAN LASCHEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- LARRY DEAN BLEEKERSecond Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- DAVID WENDELL MYERSCaptain · November 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 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.