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ROBERT FRANKLIN MERRILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1949 – April 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Franklin Merrill, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Lunenburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 127
- JAMES MITCHELL ATCHISONCaptain · April 12, 1970
- TIMOTHY RAY FAUSTSergeant · April 12, 1970
- DONALD RAY HOFFEDITZPrivate First Class · April 12, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY HOFFEDITZPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 127
From Lunenburg
- GLEN DAVID HUBBARDSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.