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RUSSELL EDWARD METZGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1943 – June 4, 1966
Service recordRussell Edward Metzger, of North Highlands, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 17, 1943
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 7
- JAMES NELSON SPANGLERFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · June 4, 1966
- JEROME WALTER LITKEPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
From North Highlands
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.