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Army Sgt. Merit Burt

 
 
Army Sgt. Merit Burt Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2024
1. Army Sgt. Merit Burt Marker
Inscription.
WWII 23rd Infantry
KIA Chanteaur, France Aug. 13, 1944
at 27 years of age.
He came ashore on D-Day+1. Merit entered
into hedge row fighting immediately culminating
in the seizure of the city of Brest.
He lived on Hanna Lane, Londonderry.
He attended Southeastern H.S.
One of 10 children.

"He was our son, brother, cousin and uncle.
We are proud of him and thank him,"
- The Family
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 16.155′ N, 82° 48.04′ W. Memorial is in Londonderry, Ohio, in Ross County. It is on US Rt. 50 (U.S. 50). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Londonderry OH 45647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Scioto Valley and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Army Cpl. Joseph Climer (here, next to this marker); Army Pvt. Enoch M. Detty (here, next to this marker); Army PVT. Robert G. Meeker (here, next to this marker); Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Reed (here, next to this marker); Army Pvt. John Speakman (here, next to this marker); Army PFC John E. Radekin (here, next to this marker); Army Sgt. Ralph Wade (here, next to this marker); Army Sgt. James William Lundsford, Jr. (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Londonderry.
 
More about this memorial. Located at the Veterans Memorial inside the Londonderry Cemetery
 
Army Sgt. Merit Burt Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 28, 2024
2. Army Sgt. Merit Burt Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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