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MERLIN PHILIP LEGAUX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1947 – October 5, 1966
Service recordMerlin Philip Legaux, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 49
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.