Merritt, Brian K.
Army Private 1st class

Brian K. Merritt, age 33, from Spring Lake, North Carolina, Cumberland county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Sunday, October 30, 1983
Death details: One of three American soldiers from a multi-national force patrolling the Sinai Peninsula who were killed when their truck crashed into a tree near the northwestern Sinai town of El Arish.

Source: Detroit Free Press (1983), Poughkeepsie Journal (1983)