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JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – September 16, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Mertell JR, of De Soto, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- De Soto, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 80
- HARLAN CARL RILKCorporal · September 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · September 16, 1967
From De Soto
- RONALD MARION FILKINSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
- LONALD RAY COLEMANSergeant · February 8, 1971
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.