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STEVEN DEE MERRELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1950 – May 15, 1970
Service recordSteven Dee Merrell, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 46
- DAVID ERNEST MEADEFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOREAUSergeant · May 15, 1970
- EDWARD EARL NISEWONGERSpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
- DOYLE GEAN PULSESpecialist Four · May 15, 1970
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 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.