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Personal info

Full name
LANG, Merle Lee
Date of birth
2 August 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas
Hometown
Adams County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37712785
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Edgar O. Lang (father)
Ellen N. Lang (mother)
Gertrude Lang (sister)
David Lang (brother)
Geneva Lang (sister)
Reuben Lang (brother)

More information

Pvt Merle L. Lang was employed at Fitzsimmons General Hospital.

He enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 9 October 1944.

He was initially reported missing in action after a heavy artillery barrage.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Scott A. Rayl