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REGINALD WALTER MERRIMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1938 – October 28, 1968
Service recordReginald Walter Merriman, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 13, 1938
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 50
- JAY WAYNE PAROLASpecialist Four · October 28, 1968
- DONALD THOMAS PENNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ERNEST RICKERLieutenant Commander · October 28, 1968
- FRANCIS L ROSSELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUTHER ONEIL MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 49
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.