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ROBERT DELL MERRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1942 – February 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Dell Merrell, of Tiptonville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Tiptonville, Tennessee (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALBERT BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- LARRY LEE KEENERCorporal · February 24, 1966
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · Panel 5E, Line 71
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 75
From Tiptonville
- RAY DON JAMESPrivate · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · March 15, 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.