Collier, Merrill Francis
Navy Lieutenant

Merrill Francis Collier, age 31, from Clermont County New Richmond, Ohio .

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: US Naval Academy

Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1963
Death details: Killed aboard the atomic submarine Thresher when the ship went missing 220 miles East of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Source: ussthresher.com, Associated Press (1963), US Naval Academy, oneternalpatrol.com