Merl H. MIller

Merl H. Miller

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 09/16/1944

Merl Henry Miller was born in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1917.

Prior to entering military service he was employed for a time by A. Nardi & Sons Fruit Store
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

He was drafted into the Army on October 22, 1943, at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. He had completed
Grammar School, and listed his civilian occupation as Statistical Clerks and Compilers. He was married.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

Merl was employed by the Halls Motor Transit Company prior to induction. He was in the infantry of the US Army
since November 12th, 1943. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida. He arrived in England in April 1944, went to France
shortly after D-Day and continued in the drive to Germany. ¹

He was assigned to Company C from the 4th Infantry Division replacement pool
on June 30, 1944.

Private First Class Merl H. Miller was killed in action on September 16, 1944,
in the area between Bleialf and Sellerich, Germany, during the 22nd Infantry's
first penetration into Germany.

Article from the Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA., Saturday Morning October 7, 1944

By 7GRAYBILLS from Ancestry.com

Decorations of Merl H. Miller

Merl H. Miller was originally buried in the the temporary cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz,
in Block CC Row 5 Grave 117, and was moved to the permanent cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz
in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz
Liege, Belgium
Section B Row 25 Grave 10

Grave marker for Merl H. Miller

Photo by Dominique Potier from the Find A Grave website created by: CWGC/ABMC

Top photo by Joel Frampton Gilfert from the Find A Grave website created by: CWGC/ABMC

¹ From the Fields of Honor Database website

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