MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Merrill, Frank Dow

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Merrill ​

• FORENAME

Frank Dow ​

• UNIT

HQ Detachment (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Brigadier General ​

• NUMBER

0-17638 ​

• AWARD

Legion of Merit,Bronze Star ​

• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 4.12.1903 Hopkinton,Massachusetts​

grew up in Amesbury,Massachusetts​

graduated Amesbury High School​

enlisted 1922​

11th Engineers (Company A) (Staff Sergeant)​

graduated USMA,West Point 1925-29​

graduated Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1932 (B.S.)​

Military Attache,Tokyo 1938​

Staff of General Douglas MacArthur (intelligence officer) (Colonel) 1941​

Brigadier General November 1943​

Merrills Marauders 1943-44​

Major General September 1944​

served in Philippines 1945​

HQ 6 Army 1946​

reduced to Brigadier General 1.6.1946​

retired 30.6.1948 as Brigadier General​

awards D.S.M.,Legion of Honor,Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

Commissioner of Highways,New Hampshire ​

married Lucy Wright (1906-2006)​

died 11.12.1955 Fernandina Beach,Florida​

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery,West Point,Orange County,New York Section 2 Row B Grave 37​

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