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Personal info

Full name
BERTIG, Merco
Date of birth
14 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35534748
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Fossieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 107

Immediate family

Members
Louise Bertig (mother)
Frank Bertig (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Merco Bertig attended Elders Ridge High School for four years and was employed at the Elwell Parker Electric before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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