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Personal info

Full name
LOUGHMAN, Merle B Jr
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13155601
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 11

Immediate family

Members
Merle B. Loughman Sr. (father)
Flossie R. Loughman (mother)
Kenneth B. Loughman (brother)
Henry G. Loughman (brother)
Claud O. Loughman (brother)

More information

Pvt. Merle B. Loughman voluntary enlisted in the National Guard Coast Artillery Corps in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on 31 October 1942.

He attended 2 years of high school and was a farmer before he enlisted.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Michelshof, South of Echternach, Luxembourg.

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 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem