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Personal info

Full name
MERLO, Charles Henry
Date of birth
23 July 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37639888
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Grevels-Brésil, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 55

Immediate family

Members
Louis Merlo (father)
Thersa Merlo (mother)
Manual Merlo (brother)
Louis Merlo (brother)
Josephine Merlo (sister)
Emalia Merlo (sister)
Thura Merlo (sister)
Enrico Merlo (brother)
Joseph Merlo (brother)
Mary L. (Belloli) Merlo (wife)
Mary A. Merlo (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles H. Merlo was employed at the McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Company before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 4 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Family collection