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Personal info

Full name
WINTON, Merbell Charles
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Barnegat, Ocean County, New Jersey
Hometown
Ocean County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12034147
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 5 13

Immediate family

Members
Elwood Winton (father)
Winnie V. (Noon) Winton (mother)
David T. Winton (brother)
Randall K. Winton (brother)
Evelyn M. Minton (sister)
Edward Winton (brother)
Elwood Winton (brother)
Eleanore Winton (sister)
Daniel Winton (brother)
Edna Winton (sister)
Rebecca C. (Blanks) Minton (wife)

More information

T/5 Merbell C. Winton enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 5 February 1942.

He was married to Rebecca Cornelia Blanks on 18 September 1944 in Richmond, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Marriage Record / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, Edwina Naclerio