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JOHN DAVID MERRIMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1942 – August 31, 1967
Service recordJohn David Merriman, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- January 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 74
- MARVIN LYLE FRANKLIN JRSergeant · August 31, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL MOOREPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- CLIVE LEROY EVANSCorporal · September 4, 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.