MERRITT, RAYMOND JAMES

RIP - July 8, 2019

Name: Raymond James
Rank/Branch: O4/United States Air Force, pilot
Unit: 67th TFS
Date of Birth: 07 October 1929
Home City of Record: Portland OR
Date of Loss: 16 September 1965
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 195900N 1055500E
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105
Missions: 40 (NOTE: Ray Merritt flew the F-84 with 100 missions during the
Korean War)
Other Personnel in Incident: none

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK March 1997 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, personal interviews.  2023

REMARKS: 021273 RELEASED BY DRV

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Raymond Merritt retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. he
and his wife Dottie resided in Redmond, WA.

 
 
Paying tribute

1972 POW bracelet leads woman to reconnect with vet

By SCOTT WEISSER THE GOSHEN NEWS. IN 

SHIPSHEWANA , IN—   For seven and a half years, Ray Merritt was a prisoner.....

 
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/redmond-wa/raymond-merritt-8774042

Raymond James Merrit was born October 7, 1929, in Portland, Oregon. He grew up in the greater Los Angles, California area. Raymond enlisted in the US Naval Reserve on July 10, 1947, and was honorably discharged to enter the Aviation Cadet Program in August 1950. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of the US Air Force and was awarded his pilot wings at Williams Airforce Base, Arizona on March 22, 1952....

 


10/23/2021

Dear friends of Dorothy—

This is Dorothy’s granddaughter, Rhiannon. I am writing to let you know that she passed away on October 20th. I wanted to make sure that everyone on her email contact list was contacted with this news. She was in the hospital for pneumonia and was set to come home after responding well to treatment, but she passed away in her sleep a few hours before it was time to be discharged. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at my email. So sorry to be the bearer of this sad news!

Sincerely,

Rhiannon Merritt-Rubadue