Merritt Stoves III

Vietnam War
Unit503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromNorth Birmingham Alabama
Date of DeathJanuary 10 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Private First Class Stoves was a member of Company A, 1st Battery, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On January 10, 1967, he was crossing a stream in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam in a sampan, when the sampan sank and he was washed away. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.