MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Meeks, Eugene Briscoe

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Meeks​

• FORENAME

Eugene Briscoe​

• UNIT

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• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

35749137​

• AWARD

Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• 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 3.2.1945 Burma ​

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii​

see MARS TASK FORCE Roll of Honour​

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