Sarvela, Merrel Gerald Durant, PFC

Fallen

TWS Ribbon Bar

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private First Class

Last Service Branch
Cavalry

Last Primary MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1968-1968, 11D10, A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry

Service Years
1967 - 1968

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Order of the Spur

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Minnesota

Year of Birth
1948

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Casualty Info

Home Town Moose Lake, MN	Last Address Moose Lake, MN

Casualty Date Sep 22, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Hau Nghia (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Sunset Memorial Park - Moose Lake, Minnesota	Wall/Plot Coordinates 43W 066

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1968, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Association
	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2022, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Tributes from Members


	Tributes from Others posted by IN Olsen, David O, SGT 553
	Tribute from the 3/4 Cavalry Association... posted by AR Moore, John (SaberAlpha 10), MAJ 228
	From Ray Sarvela posted by CA Short, Diane (TWS Admin) 1371

Photo Album (More...)

Different	Gravesite	In Service	SarvelaMG01d1
Latest Photo	photo	Tropic Lightning New...	Schofield Memorial
A Troop	Sunset Memorial Ceme...	Sunset Memorial Ceme...	Schofield Monument M...
Three Soldiers	Fiddler's Green	DOD News Release