PVT Henry Filllmore Merrill

PVT Henry Fillmore Merrill was born 21 Aug 1915 in Pocomoke, Maryland.  He was the 4th of 5 children born to Edward Marvin and Jesse Lee (Callahan) Merrill. His father was a builder and contractor. His grandfather operated a clothing store in Pocomoke. Henry married about 1939 to Hilda Louise Morris. The couple would later have a daughter. Henry worked as a clerk for  American Stores Company and reported a 1939 income of $720. He would work for I. H. Merrill in Pocomoke before he was drafted.

Henry registered for the draft in 1940 but wasn't drafted until January 1944. After training he was sent to the European theater of operations. On 13 Aug 1944 PVT Merrill was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry. He was killed in action on 14 Oct 1944.

PVT Merrill was repatriated in 1947 and re-interred in Parksley Cemetery in Parksley, Virginia where he will rest forever next to his wife, Louise, who never remarried.

His brothers, Homer and Edward both served during the war and Homer was wounded in Europe.