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MERLIN G CORNELIUS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1948 – July 26, 1968
Service recordMerlin G Cornelius JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 12
- HILLMAN GLEN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ROBERT MORRIS CHILDRESSPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- PERRY ROCCO CRISEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.