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Full Name: (Sergeant) Merril J. Taylor
Spouse: Sarah Annabell Thayne
Children: Lyman, Larry, Lynn, Sheldon, and Jack
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Time Served: 1943- 1946
Awards or Medals: Purple Heart
Lived in Mountain Home, Utah and was drafted into the United States Army on 21 of July 1943 at Fort Douglas, Utah. He was sent to Camp Walters, Texas for basic training. Where he became a PVT. With extensive training as a Rifleman. Was promoted to SGT. With much more training with Machine Gun and Military Police. He led a company into much of the front lines, being wounded himself, and many men lost. A Great Responsibility! On June 6, 1944 he was in the invasion of Germany on D-Day. After being released from the hospital he served as a Military Policeman.
Merril served 36 months in Europe with Company M, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division; he drove a 2 ½ ton truck, leading convoys from France into Germany and hauling military supplies, equipment and personnel; drove a refueling unit consisting of a tractor and semi-trailer, hauling gasoline for aircrafts; drove over all types of roads in all kinds of weather, and made minor road repairs.
He was in the 28th Tow Target Squadron. Merril received many awards for sharp shooting, and bravery also the Purple Heart. Merril was Honorably Discharged from the Army on the 4th day of January 1946 at Fort Douglas, Utah and returned to Mountain Home, Utah.
Spouse: Sarah Annabell Thayne
Children: Lyman, Larry, Lynn, Sheldon, and Jack
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Time Served: 1943- 1946
Awards or Medals: Purple Heart
Lived in Mountain Home, Utah and was drafted into the United States Army on 21 of July 1943 at Fort Douglas, Utah. He was sent to Camp Walters, Texas for basic training. Where he became a PVT. With extensive training as a Rifleman. Was promoted to SGT. With much more training with Machine Gun and Military Police. He led a company into much of the front lines, being wounded himself, and many men lost. A Great Responsibility! On June 6, 1944 he was in the invasion of Germany on D-Day. After being released from the hospital he served as a Military Policeman.
Merril served 36 months in Europe with Company M, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division; he drove a 2 ½ ton truck, leading convoys from France into Germany and hauling military supplies, equipment and personnel; drove a refueling unit consisting of a tractor and semi-trailer, hauling gasoline for aircrafts; drove over all types of roads in all kinds of weather, and made minor road repairs.
He was in the 28th Tow Target Squadron. Merril received many awards for sharp shooting, and bravery also the Purple Heart. Merril was Honorably Discharged from the Army on the 4th day of January 1946 at Fort Douglas, Utah and returned to Mountain Home, Utah.