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Personal info

Full name
TROTTER, Merle Junior
Date of birth
3 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35556380
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Near Pronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 8 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Trotter (father)
Hazel M. (Potts) Trotter (mother)
Fred C. Trotter (brother)
Eleanor A. Trotter (sister)
Louis E. Trotter (half brother)
Horace C. Trotter (half brother)

More information

Pvt Merle J. Trotter enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 1 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune - 4 October 1944