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T Z MERRIWEATHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1950 – September 25, 1969
Service recordT Z Merriweather, of Hernando, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Hernando, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 8
- LONNIE RONALD PARKERFireman · September 25, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- JAMES ERVIN TOMPKINSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
- RANDY VAN TURNERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1969
From Hernando
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- ULYSSES C HASSELLSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- MOSES EDWARD JONESPrivate · August 17, 1970
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.