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MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1950 – January 25, 1971
Service recordMerrell Eugene Brumley JR, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 64
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 64
- RICHARD CHARLES PORTERLance Corporal · January 24, 1971
- WILLIAM OWEN CREECH JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1971
- JUAN E GONZALESFirst Sergeant · January 25, 1971
- GERALD LYNN CARTERLieutenant · January 26, 1971
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 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.