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Personal info

Full name
PIERCE, Merritt Allen
Date of birth
12 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33589459
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
North of Nothum, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Ray J. Pierce (father)
Margaret Pierce (sister)
Louise Pierce (sister)
Elaine Pierce (sister)
Ralph Pierce (brother)
William Pierce (brother)
Joseph Pierce (brother)
John Pierce (brother)

More information

Pvt Merritt A. Pierce was employed at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 3 March 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, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Delaware County Daily Times Pennsylvania - 1 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Kimberly