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Personal info

Full name
MERTZ, Leverne Martin
Date of birth
26 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
Hometown
Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35535809
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Wirtzfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 25 1

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Mertz (father)
Minnie K. Mertz (mother)
Andrew G. Mertz (brother)
Walter D. Mertz (brother)
Virginia E. (Ayres) Mertz (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Leverne M. Mertz attended Central High School and was a maintenance painter.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 2 December 1942.

The picture was taken in high school in 1931.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census, WWII Draft Card, X-File Neuville X-3144

Photo source: Jac Engels, 1931 Fort Wayne Central High School Caldron Yearbook - courtesy of Kathy McDermott