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Personal info

Full name
MUMMA, Merrill Eugene
Date of birth
8 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Clark County, Ohio
Hometown
Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35626848
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Bras, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 58

Immediate family

Members
Howard R. Mumma (father)
Maude O. (Gaver) Mumma (mother)
Mildred K. Mumma (sister)
Margaret D. Mumma (sister)
Rachel E. Mumma (sister)
Edgar R. Mumma (brother)
Ronald H. Mumma (brother)
Helen L. Mumma (sister)
Billy G. Mumma (brother)
Betty M. Mumma (sister)
Betty L. (Wren) Mumma (wife)

More information

Pfc Merrill E. Mumma attended high school for three years and was a pressman and plate printer before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 2 February 1943.

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 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery