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MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1946 – December 4, 1967
Service recordMerle Keith Fagerlind JR, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 34
- WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRYPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- JOHN L GARRIGANPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE WOODARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.