UNITED STATES

                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                FORM 13F

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                         FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  June 30, 2011

Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [  ] is a restatement.
                                  [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:             First Merchants Bank, National Association
Address:          200 East Jackson Street
                  Muncie, IN   47305

Form 13F File Number:  28-

The institutional  investment  manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby  represent  that the person signing the report is authorized
to  submit  it,  that all  information  contained  herein is true,  correct  and
complete,  and  that it is  understood  that  all  required  items,  statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:             Terry Blaker
Title:            Senior Vice President
Phone:            (765) 747-1570

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

      /s/ Terry L Blaker          Muncie, IN         June 30, 2011

Report Type (Check only one.):

[X]    13F HOLDING REPORT.
[ ]    13F NOTICE.
[ ]    COMBINATION REPORT.

FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 237 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $246,318,000.00 List of Other Included Managers: None

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- ACCENTURE PLC ADR G1151C101 2663 44079 SH SOLE 43779 300 0 ACCENTURE PLC ADR G1151C101 265 4380 SH DEFINED 4380 0 0 NOBLE CORPORATION COM H5833N103 1353 34336 SH SOLE 34261 75 0 NOBLE CORPORATION COM H5833N103 87 2215 SH DEFINED 2215 0 0 TRANSOCEAN LTD COM H8817H100 632 9792 SH SOLE 9488 304 0 TRANSOCEAN LTD COM H8817H100 36 563 SH DEFINED 563 0 0 AT&T INC COM 00206R102 3879 123543 SH SOLE 123236 75 232 AT&T INC COM 00206R102 324 10316 SH DEFINED 6931 0 3385 ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 3564 67738 SH SOLE 66638 1000 100 ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 368 6995 SH DEFINED 6395 0 600 ADOBE SYSTEMS INC COM 00724F101 1241 39469 SH SOLE 38719 750 0 ADOBE SYSTEMS INC COM 00724F101 48 1514 SH DEFINED 1514 0 0 ALLIANT CORP COM 018802108 1803 44363 SH SOLE 43388 975 0 ALLIANT CORP COM 018802108 234 5751 SH DEFINED 5301 0 450 ALTRIA GROUP INC COM 02209S103 53 2000 SH SOLE 2000 0 0 ALTRIA GROUP INC COM 02209S103 156 5900 SH DEFINED 2900 0 3000 APACHE CORP COM 037411105 1821 14760 SH SOLE 14435 325 0 APACHE CORP COM 037411105 72 580 SH DEFINED 580 0 0 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING COM 053015103 4094 77723 SH SOLE 76598 975 150 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING COM 053015103 369 7005 SH DEFINED 6755 0 250 BB & T CORPORATION COM 054937107 471 17540 SH SOLE 17540 0 0 BB & T CORPORATION COM 054937107 3 105 SH DEFINED 105 0 0 BP PLC - SPONS ADR 055622104 162 3660 SH SOLE 3660 0 0 BP PLC - SPONS ADR 055622104 265 5978 SH DEFINED 2278 0 3700 BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 2081 28678 SH SOLE 28078 600 0 BAKER HUGHES INC COM 057224107 208 2860 SH DEFINED 2860 0 0 BALL CORP COM 058498106 2540 66064 SH SOLE 66064 0 0 BALL CORP COM 058498106 15 400 SH DEFINED 400 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPCOM 064058100 1312 51214 SH SOLE 49639 1575 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPCOM 064058100 155 6043 SH DEFINED 6043 0 0 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC COM 071813109 1874 31406 SH SOLE 30616 760 30 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC COM 071813109 258 4315 SH DEFINED 4065 0 250 BECTON DICKINSON & CO COM 075887109 2192 25444 SH SOLE 25034 380 30 BECTON DICKINSON & CO COM 075887109 179 2083 SH DEFINED 1933 0 150 BED BATH & BEYOND COM 075896100 1752 30024 SH SOLE 29524 500 0 BED BATH & BEYOND COM 075896100 136 2335 SH DEFINED 2335 0 0 BEST BUY COMPANY INC COM 086516101 1246 39695 SH SOLE 39080 615 0 BEST BUY COMPANY INC COM 086516101 40 1283 SH DEFINED 1283 0 0 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 197 6800 SH SOLE 6800 0 0 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COM 110122108 64 2200 SH DEFINED 1200 0 1000 BUCKLE INC COM 118440106 889 20820 SH SOLE 20420 400 0 BUCKLE INC COM 118440106 24 572 SH DEFINED 572 0 0 CAREFUSION CORP COM 14170T101 253 9302 SH SOLE 9302 0 0 CATERPILLAR INC. 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78229 SH SOLE 77599 630 0 S&P MID-CAP 400 GROWTH SPDR 464287606 356 3209 SH DEFINED 3209 0 0 ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 VAL 464287630 404 5510 SH SOLE 5510 0 0 RUSSELL 2000 INDEX SPDR 464287655 1000 12072 SH SOLE 11652 420 0 RUSSELL 2000 INDEX SPDR 464287655 24 285 SH DEFINED 285 0 0 S&P MID-CAP 400 VALUE SPDR 464287705 9178 109258 SH SOLE 108492 444 322 S&P MID-CAP 400 VALUE SPDR 464287705 370 4408 SH DEFINED 4408 0 0 S&P SMALL CAP 600 SPDR 464287804 3045 41540 SH SOLE 40344 860 336 S&P SMALL CAP 600 SPDR 464287804 100 1360 SH DEFINED 1360 0 0 S&P SMALL CAP 600 VALUE SPDR 464287879 4277 57595 SH SOLE 57002 593 0 S&P SMALL CAP 600 VALUE SPDR 464287879 94 1271 SH DEFINED 1271 0 0 S&P SMALL CAP 600 GRTH SPDR 464287887 5121 63694 SH SOLE 63445 249 0 S&P SMALL CAP 600 GRTH SPDR 464287887 98 1213 SH DEFINED 1213 0 0 J P MORGAN CHASE & CO COM 46625H100 3825 93450 SH SOLE 93225 100 125 J P MORGAN CHASE & CO COM 46625H100 521 12723 SH DEFINED 12723 0 0 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 3164 47564 SH 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