US PARAS 2 Merrill, Weldon Bernard (Digger)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Merrill​

• FORENAME

Weldon Bernard (Digger)​

• UNIT

503 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company B,1 Bn)​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant​

• NUMBER

14750229​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th March 1968​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory,Pisgah Forest,Transylvania County,North Carolina Merrill Plot​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Penrose,North Carolina​

born 12.3.1942 Spartanburg,South Carolina​

son of Hall Ewart and Marjorie Mae (nee Ve Haun) Merrill,Penrose,North Carolina​

husband of Billie Janette (nee Lowery) Merrill,334 French Broad Street,Brevard,North Carolina​

married 13.2.1965 (1 son Raymond Hall)​

attended Little River School​

attended Penrose Elementary School​

graduated Brevard High School 1960​

employed,Hall Merrill Well Drilling business​

6 years service​

served with 101st Airborne for 4 years​

discharged​

re-enlisted late 1966​

award Bronze Star with V (1967 action)​

promoted Sergeant First Class posthumously​

KIA Kontum Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 45E Line 3​

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