Clarence Marcus MERRIOTT

 

merriott clarence
NUMBER OF SERVICE38466199
AGE20 yo
DATE OF BIRTH21 December 1923
ETATAdair County OKLAHOMA
FAMILYSingle
RANKPFC
FONCTION 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT--OK
DATE of ENLISTEMENTFebruary 1943
 BATTALION 300th Engineer Combat Battalion
ARMY1st Army
DATE OF DEATH19  june 1944merriott clarence
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHaboard the LST 523 at Utah Beach
CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of Missing
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 


Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

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STORY
 merriott clarence 

Graduated from Stilwell High School

The purple heart of clarence was found in a lot of jewelry on the Arizona flea market, the medal was bought by a veteran of the Vietnam War who found it strange that we could sell this type of medal.

The name of Clarence MERRIOTT being engraved on the back, he was looking for information from his owner.

With his son, they began researching the internet. They found Clarence at the 300th engineer combat battalion.

In the box, they found several documents, a letter written to his family, the certificate of the medal specifying the date of death on June 16, 1944.

boite avec la Purple heart

lettre de clarence lettre de clarence

Thanks to the help of several people, they found a picture of Clarence. This picture was in a sealed box.


coupure de journal

This picture came from a newspaper clipping. Newspaper article from a teenage girl collecting newspaper clippings about local men who went to war.

With all these clues they communicated with Clarence's grandson.

He explained that the medal had been given to Clarence's sister. His name was Haleen.

She gave the medal to her son.

he further explained that this medal was lost in a move, the grandson of Clarence preferred that the medal be exhibited in a museum ........ it is located at "The Adair County Historical Association Museum in Stilwell"


SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOClive TIRLEMONT - Frédéric LAVERNHE - 300thcombatengineersinwwii.com
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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