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Personal info

Full name
MERCIE, Joseph Edward
Date of birth
5 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Lake Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota
Hometown
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36395797
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jolivet or Foret de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 41

Immediate family

Members
August Mercie (father)
Irma L.(Hohmas) Mercie (mother)
Maurice E. Mercie (brother)
Madeleine V. Mercie (sister)
Jerome A. Mercie (brother)
Gerard H. Mercie (brother)
George C. Mercie (brother)
Irene M. Mercie (sister)

More information

Cpl Joseph E. Mercie was employed by the John Deere Plow works in Moline, Illinois.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 19 March 1942.

He was first buried at the American Military Cemetery in Saint James, France.

At the time of his death, his brother Jerome served in New Guinea.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Desutter Tree / Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, www.findagrave.com - dm wms, www.militaryhistoryonline.com

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Dispatch - 7 October 1944