- SURNAME
Merriman
- FORENAME
John Gaither
- UNIT
CIA pilot
- RANK
Civilian
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
20th August 1964
- AGE
- GRAVESITE
Chattanooga National Cemetery,Hamilton County,Tennessee Section BB Grave 172
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
husband of Valeria S. ("Val") Merriman,Tucson,Arizona (3 sons)
gained pilot's license age 16
82nd Airborne Division age 17
commercial pilot
US Weather Bureau (Civil Air Patrol's Yakutat Squadron,Alaska) age 24
joined CIA (Intermountain Aviation) 1963
award Intelligence Star 1965 (posthumous)
T-28 aircraft shot down and crashed near Kabongo,Congo 26.7.1964
died of injuries on USAF cargo aircraft over Ascension Island
DATE OF DEATH:
20-Aug-1964
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