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MICHAEL GENE MERRIMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1945 – May 18, 1966
Service recordMichael Gene Merriman, of Millfield, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 82
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Millfield, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 82
- RAYMOND CHARLES JAJTNERMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD LANE JRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1966
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
From Millfield
- CHARLES WILLIAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITHCorporal · November 1, 1969
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.