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VERNON ALLEN MERRITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1943 – February 21, 1966
Service recordVernon Allen Merritt, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 58
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- MARSHALL RAYMOND HIRSCHSecond Lieutenant · February 21, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE RUBERGPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.