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MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordMerlin Francis Caldwell, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 82
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- GARY LEE CARLEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 82
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 86
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 1967
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.