The Wall › Panel 23E › Iowa › Merritt Thomas Cousins
MERRITT THOMAS COUSINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1947 – July 8, 1967
Service recordMerritt Thomas Cousins, of Clinton, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 35
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 35
- JAMES L COTTEN JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISCaptain · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DELLVONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
From Clinton
- MARK ERNEST STOLTENBURGCorporal · July 21, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES DEWITTPrivate · September 3, 1966
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1971
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.