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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60883" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mercado </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Frank Stephen</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd Raider Battalion (Company D) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>350086</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11th November 1942</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 26.12.1921, Los Angeles, California, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Roosevelt High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Mrs Delia G. Mercado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12.01.1942 enlisted Los Angeles, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Browning Automatic Rifleman (BARman)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Wife Mrs. Frank S. Mercado, 1847 1/2 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (Body not recovered)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, USA (Memorial)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-mercado.36807/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36807-fcaf713831a514359eebdf37abdcb430.jpg?1652185834" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Capt. Charles P. McAuliffe led his 40 man patrol across another open grassy field and ran head-on into large units of the enemy well hidden in the heavy jungle. The Raiders found themselves caught in the open field with the enemy well concealed in the jungle to their front and both right and left flanks. Two leaders in the point were immediately killed and a third wounded. The slain Raiders were PFC LeRoy I. Fanslow and a big Indian BAR man named PFC Frank S. Mercado.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Lowell V. Bulger, "The Second Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal," in The Raider Patch, September 1981.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60883, member: 6852"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Mercado [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Frank Stephen[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2nd Raider Battalion (Company D) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]350086[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]11th November 1942[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]20[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 26.12.1921, Los Angeles, California, USA[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Roosevelt High School[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]wife Mrs Delia G. Mercado[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]12.01.1942 enlisted Los Angeles, California[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Browning Automatic Rifleman (BARman)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Next of kin - Wife Mrs. Frank S. Mercado, 1847 1/2 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, California[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (Body not recovered)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, USA (Memorial)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-mercado.36807/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36807-fcaf713831a514359eebdf37abdcb430.jpg?1652185834[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Capt. Charles P. McAuliffe led his 40 man patrol across another open grassy field and ran head-on into large units of the enemy well hidden in the heavy jungle. The Raiders found themselves caught in the open field with the enemy well concealed in the jungle to their front and both right and left flanks. Two leaders in the point were immediately killed and a third wounded. The slain Raiders were PFC LeRoy I. Fanslow and a big Indian BAR man named PFC Frank S. Mercado.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Lowell V. Bulger, "The Second Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal," in The Raider Patch, September 1981.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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