Name:
Merle R. Pletcher
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
33757246
Unit:
702nd Tank Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-18
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Merle R. Pletcher was born on September 10, 1918, in Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of James Pletcher and Margaret L. "Maggie" Sarver Pletcher. He served in the 702nd Tank Battalion as a Corporal during World War II.
Cpl Pletcher was reported Missing in Action and officially declared dead on August 18, 1944, during the liberation of Argentan, France. His name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.
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