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LARRY ARTHUR MERRILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – September 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Arthur Merrill, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 87
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
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 87
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ALAN LEE MATTHEWSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- KYNARD MILLSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- RICHARD DEAN MORSEPetty Officer Third Class · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE IVAN MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 88
- HOLLIS RAY MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 88
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.