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Personal info

Full name
YEAGER, Mercer Alton
Date of birth
11 January 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Walla Walla County, Washington
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
O-1824110
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 21 15

Immediate family

Members
James A. Yeager (father)
Cora L. (Mercer) Yeager (mother)
Nellie E. Yeager (sister)
Kathleen H. (Johnson) Yeager (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Mercer A. Yeager graduated from Whitman College, Oregon and was employed in the mail order department of Montomery Ward & Co. before he enlisted in Portland, Ohio on 10 July 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944 and joined his unit on 1 November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Washington Marriage Records / Vinson Family Tree / U.S. School Yearbooks, Whitman College, Washington / 84th Infantry Division "Railsplitters" Unit History, http://www.ww-iiheroes.com, Newspaper article / http://www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Whitman College Yearbook 1929 and 1930