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LOUIS PHILLIP MERINO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1945 – March 10, 1967
Service recordLouis Phillip Merino, of Selden, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Selden, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 54
- CHESTER ARTHUR MYERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DENNIS ORVILLE NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 10, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM RABEYSecond Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL RAGERSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
From Selden
- ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM WARREN DINIROSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 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.