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Personal info

Full name
MERKLEY, Arthur Frank
Date of birth
3 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Schnellville, Dubois County, Indiana
Hometown
Comanche County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
35485919
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Metz-en-Couture, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 43

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Merkley (father)
Katherine C. (Heichelbech) Merkley (mother)
Joseph Merkley (brother)
Ralph J. Merkley (brother)
Clarence W. Merkley (brother)
Frances L. Merkley (sister)
Gilbert A. Merkley (brother)
Rita Merkley (sister)
Bernadette K. Merkley (sister)
Albert Merkley (brother)
Leo V. Merkley (brother)
Andrew J. Merkley Jr. (brother)

More information

Sgt Arthur F. Merkley was a driver.

He enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 24 July 1942.

He is remembered at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Schnellville, Dubois County, Indiana.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Debbie Howes, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Lukenbill Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Debbie Howes, The Herald - 29 May 1982