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Personal info

Full name
FOOTE, Merwin B
Date of birth
24 February 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska
Hometown
Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37730074
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 3 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Foote (father)
Lena M. (Boyd) Foote (mother)
Evelyn L. Foote (sister)
Charles W. Foote (brother)
Eugene A. Foote (brother)
Thelma (Virgin) Foote (wife)

More information

Pvt Merwin B. Foote enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas on 30 December 1943.

He attended 5 years of College and worked for his own account before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Pommérieux, France.

He was only two weeks in action.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com – Larry K / 50th ATB, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Larry K / 50th ATB