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Personal info

Full name
MERLOCK, Joseph C
Date of birth
3 September 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Dorothy, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Atlantic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42080273
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 November 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Phillip Merlock (father)
Amelia Merlock (mother)
Charles Merlock (brother)
Rosy Merlock (sister)
Phillip Merlock (brother)
John Merlock (brother)
Francis Merlock (brother)
Dora Merlock (sister)
Katherine Merlock (sister)
Amelia Merlock (sister)
Mary Merlock (sister)
Anthony Merlock (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph C. Merlock was employed at Mays Landing Water Power Company.
He enlisted on 2 November 1943 at Camden, New Jersey.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Astrid van Erp