- SURNAME
Mershon
- FORENAME
Jack Hart
- UNIT
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
35576780
- DATE OF DEATH
11th June 1944
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Section F, Plot 119
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 26.10.1922 Bloomington, Indiana, USA
father Marshall Edgar Mershon (1896-1946)
mother Tressie Marie (nee Henry) Mershon (1898-1935)
3 years high school
26.10.1940 married Nevada Mae (nee Prince) (1923-1972)
civil occupation Baker
divorced without dependents upon enlistment
employed by Crispie Creme Doughnut Co., Muncie, Indiana
resided 310 Kimbrough, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana (draft card)
30.06.1942 draft card Indiana
29.12.1942 entered service Indianapolis, Indiana
brother William Kenneth (PVT 12th Infantry killed train wreck 1943)
surname shown as Mershonne
KIA Normandy, France
awarded Bronze Star
DATE OF DEATH:
11-Jun-1944AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/mershon-jack-hart.60403/CITATION:
Bronze Star : For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on 11 June, 1944, at ........, France. With disregard for his own safety, Pvt Merchon attacked, single-handed an enemy machine gun nest in an outlying corner of the field over which his company assaulted. Although armed only with a carbine and grenades he succeeded in silencing the enemy gun, but was fatally wounded in the action. Pvt. First Class Mershon's conduct was in accordance with the highest standards of military service.
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40851405/jack-hart-mershon
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