Merwin Lamphrey Morrill

Vietnam War
Unit67th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSan Carlos California
Date of DeathAugust 21 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Silver Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal
Notes

Lieutenant Colonel Morrill was a member of the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On August 21, 1967, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105D) on a strike on the Duc Noi rail yard 4 miles north of Hanoi, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by a surface to air missile and crashed. His remains were recovered on June 3, 1983 and identified on June 27, 1983. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.