Schutt Merle S.

Monuments

490th Bombardment Group Roll of Honor

Name:

Merle S. Schutt

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

16107083

Unit:

849th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1946-01-11

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart

Comments:

Merle S. Schutt was born on May 28, 1925. He graduated in January 1943 from Steuben High School in Chicago. He served in the 849th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner of a B-17 during World War II.

Merle was Killed in Action on January 11, 1945, when his airplane was hit by flak and went down over the target. Unfortunately, his body was never recovered. He was declared Missing in Action on January 11, 1946, and is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, honorstates.org