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Personal info

Full name
SHEPHERD, Merle Fountain
Date of birth
30 January 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591505
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Marcourt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 17

Immediate family

Members
James R. Shepherd) father
Leona L. (Pierce) Shepherd (mother)
Leona Sheperd (sister)
Ethel Sheperd (sister)
Ada Sheperd (sister)
James Sheperd (brother)
Ulsey Sheperd (brother)
Isabel Sheperd (sister)
Mildred L. (Simons) Shepherd (wife)
Phyllis Shepherd (daughter)
Ardyth Shepherd (daughter)

More information

PFC Merle F. Shepherd worked for the Milwaukee Railway Co.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 28 February 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Marriage Records / Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, http://milwaukeeroadarchives.com - March 1945 Magazine, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune