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MERLIN GEORGE ORR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1945 – May 8, 1970
Service recordMerlin George Orr, of Lexington, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Lexington, Nebraska (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- PETER FRANCIS NOLANSpecialist Five · May 8, 1970
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN FRASHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 4
From Lexington
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- FLORENTINO CIPRIAN BARRONCorporal · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE CONDONLieutenant Commander · January 18, 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.