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MERLE E LOOBEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1931 – March 9, 1971
Service recordMerle E Loobey, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 17, 1931
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 33
- MARC JEFFERY MEEKERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1971
- DALE MITCHELL HOLLOWELLSergeant · March 9, 1971
- MICHAEL GEORGE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1971
- MATTHEW MARK RENNERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1971
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
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.