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TERRY LEE MERRITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – July 23, 1970
Service recordTerry Lee Merritt, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 46
- LARRY ALLEN GATLIFFPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · July 23, 1970
- BERTRAND C MEDINE JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1970
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.