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Personal info

Full name
THELLEFSEN, Merrill Andrew
Date of birth
5 August 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42099960
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dessau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 8 14

Immediate family

Members
Andrew C. Thellefsen (father)
Victoria F. (Mackey) Thellefsen (mother)
Theodore Moehring (stepbrother)
Charles F. Moehring (stepbrother)

More information

Pvt Merrill A. Thellefsen enlisted on 18 October 1944 in Buffalo, New York.

His father was originally from Denmark and died in 1927.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 36th Armored Infantry Regiment 3rd Armored Division November 1944 thru April 1945, www.newspapers.com - Times Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet