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JAMES R MERZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – July 2, 1970
Service recordJames R Merz JR, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 112
- DAVID BRUCE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1970
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE MOORECorporal · July 2, 1970
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ALLEN CARVERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- WILLIAM FREDERICK EMANUELSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- DAVID BRUCE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 112
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 112
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
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.