Merrill, Weldon Bernard, SFC

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Sergeant First Class

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last MOS
11B40-Infantryman

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 11B40, B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)

Service Years
1960 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1942

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Casualty Info

Home Town Penrose	Last Address Penrose, NC

Casualty Date Mar 16, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Kontum (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery - Pisgah Forest, North Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates 45E 003

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

173D Airborne Brigade Memorial Foundation


	1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2006, 173D Airborne Brigade Memorial Foundation
	2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Tributes from Members


	RIP Brother posted by MI Cameron, David (Pops), MSG 236

Photo Album (More...)

Memorial Wall	Three Soldiers Memor...	Fallen Soldier	Poem, The Wall
In Memory	Weldon	HS Football 1960	Weldon 1957
Weldon 1958	Weldon 1959	Obituary	In-Service Photo
Purple Heart with Am...	In-Service Photo	Posthumous Award	Obituary
Service Announcement	Memorial	Family Headstones	Headstone

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)

1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)


	1963-1964, 111.07, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)
	1965-1966, 11B20, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
	1967-1968, 11B40, B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)
	1967-1968, 11B40, 173rd Airborne Brigade

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1963-1964 Vietnam War/Advisory Campaign (1962-65)
	1965-1965 Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)
	1965-1966 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Campaign (1965-66)
	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Sergeant First Class Weldon Bernard Merrill was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, SFC Merrill served our country until March 16th, 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. He was 26 years old and was married. It was reported that Weldon died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. He served three tours in Vietnam and was killed on his third tour.