Name:
Merlin Hough Wyker
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
440119
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
M
Row:
Grave:
84
Decoration:
Comments:
Merlin Hough Wyker was born on February 15, 1922. He was the son of John Daniel Wyker and Mabel Jane Hough Wyker.
He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Corporal during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.