MARS TASK FORCE Meeks, Eugene Briscoe

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Meeks ​

• FORENAME

Eugene Briscoe​

• UNIT

475th Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

35749137 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

3rd February 1945 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery,Honolulu,Hawaii Plot C Row O Grave 1454 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Stony Bottom,Pocahontas County,West Virginia​

born 18.5.1923 Clover Lick,West Virginia​

son of Jesse Harmon and Susan Aileen (nee Briscoe) Meeks​

unskilled lumber worker in civilian life​

enlisted 9.2.1943 Clarksburg,West Virginia​

Merrills Marauders​

WIA 27.6.1944 Burma​

award Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

475 Infantry Regiment 1944-45​

KIA Burma ​