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WALTER FORREST MERRICK
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 10, 1920 – October 26, 1966
Service recordWalter Forrest Merrick, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 113
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chaplain (3700)
- Born
- February 10, 1920
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 46
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 113
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- CLARENCE DALE MILLERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES MONAHANPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- CLEMENT JOSEPH MORISETTELieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 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.