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Personal info

Full name
HAGGERTY, Merrill Eugene
Date of birth
20 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33241076
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Clemery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 17

Immediate family

Members
Peter J. Haggerty (father)
Fayetta Haggerty (mother)
Lawrence Haggerty (brother)
Ellen J. Haggerty (sister)
Harold W. Haggerty (brother)
Gloria Haggerty (sister)
Fred T. Haggerty (brother)
Robert D. Haggerty (brother)
Mildred Haggerty (sister)

More information

Pfc Merrill E. Haggerty had worked in a textile factory but was unemployed when he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 23 September 1942. He was sent overseas on 2 July 1944.

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
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