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MERLE GRIFFIN HUBBARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – January 29, 1970
Service recordMerle Griffin Hubbard, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 78
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Physical Activities Specialist (03C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sayre, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 78
- ROBERT WILSON FLOYDFirst Sergeant · January 29, 1970
- RONNIE DALE FULMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
- CHARLES COLEMAN HINTON JRLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD KREBSSpecialist Four · January 29, 1970
From Sayre
- GARY LEE HEEMANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- NORMAN JAMES NOBLESPrivate · January 21, 1969
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.