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MERLE O VANALSTINE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1931 – February 10, 1965
Service recordMerle O Vanalstine, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 91
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- HARRY LEE SUMMERSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- FRANCIS J VALKOSStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
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.