Merritt George William

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George William Merritt is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

George William Merritt

Rank:

Captain

Serial Number:

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1972-10-29

State:

Maryland

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot:

Section 37

Row:

Grave:

Site 1766

Decoration:

Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

George William Merritt was born on May 10, 1920, in Delaware. He was the son of Asa Cleveland Merritt Sr. and Blanche Culver Merritt. Cpt Merritt served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

Cpt Merritt died on October 29, 1972, and is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

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