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Personal info

Full name
MERRICK, William Edmund
Date of birth
10 July 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York
Hometown
Rockland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32315673
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edmund E. Merrick (father)
Sadie Merrick (mother)

More information

1st Sgt William E. Merrick graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1927 and served as Vice President at Spring Valley Bank.

He enlisted at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 15 April 1942.
He is remembered at the Brick Church Cemetery in Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – New York State Birth Index / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com – Andy Bozzone
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Andy Bozzone / Deleted User, https://scottmilich.com/remember, Orangetown Telegram - 27 April 1945