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MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 8, 1936 – August 21, 1967
Service recordMerwin Lamphrey Morrill, of San Carlos, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 21, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- March 8, 1936
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 21, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 24
- ROGER CHARLES LEWISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- DAIN VANDERLIN SCOTTLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
From San Carlos
- PRESTON JOHN SNYDERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 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.