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Personal info

Full name
HANCOCK, Merrell Wilson
Date of birth
8 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34827286
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 11 30

Immediate family

Members
Andrew W. Hancock (father)
Mary E. (Bass) Hancock (mother)
Davis C. Hancock (brother)
Evelyn F. Hancock (sister)
James L. Hancock (brother)
Grady W. Hancock (brother)
Mary F. Hancock (sister)

More information

Pfc Merrell W. Hancock attended high school for one year and was a stock clerk at the Gribbs Grocery before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 14 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hancock Thackston Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Carl Hancock