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Personal info

Full name
MERLINO, Samuel
Date of birth
25 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32559261
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bourg-Bruche, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 21 19

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Merlino (father)
Clara Merlino (mother)
Lany Merlino (brother)
Charles Merlino (brother)

More information

Pfc Samuel Merlino attended high school for four years and was a machinist.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 September 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy