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MERWIN A DELANO JR
Private · U.S. Army
December 25, 1947 – March 17, 1966
Service recordMerwin A Delano JR, of Bath, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Bath, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 18
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · March 17, 1966
- WILLIAM HOVER CRAIG JRCaptain · March 17, 1966
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1966
From Bath
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- DENNIS OWEN CROCKERPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.