Merle L. Dille, formerly of Winamac, is listed among wounded soldiers in the European area. He is a son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind] 26 Apr 1945
Former Resident Dies of Wounds in Europe
Sgt. Merlinn (sic) Dille, son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point, formerly of Winamac, died April 12 in a hospital in Belgium from wounds suffered in a land mine explosion on March 29. His mother had been notified of his wounds and had received a letter written by a friend of Sgt. Dille's in which he asked the family not to worry as he was going to be all right. He suffered severe shock and injuries in one leg. Two days later she received a telegram from the War Department telling of his death.
The young man was born in Winamac on September 6, 1918, and graduated from Crown Point high school in 1936. Sgt. Dille had been overseas for three years with an Army Engineer unit. Surviving, besides the mother are two sisters, Mrs. Florence Mounce and Mrs. Fern Bartholde, and two brothers, Earle Dille and Billy Beall, all of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind.] 03 May 1945
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind] 26 Apr 1945
Former Resident Dies of Wounds in Europe
Sgt. Merlinn (sic) Dille, son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point, formerly of Winamac, died April 12 in a hospital in Belgium from wounds suffered in a land mine explosion on March 29. His mother had been notified of his wounds and had received a letter written by a friend of Sgt. Dille's in which he asked the family not to worry as he was going to be all right. He suffered severe shock and injuries in one leg. Two days later she received a telegram from the War Department telling of his death.
The young man was born in Winamac on September 6, 1918, and graduated from Crown Point high school in 1936. Sgt. Dille had been overseas for three years with an Army Engineer unit. Surviving, besides the mother are two sisters, Mrs. Florence Mounce and Mrs. Fern Bartholde, and two brothers, Earle Dille and Billy Beall, all of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind.] 03 May 1945
Merle L. Dille, formerly of Winamac, is listed among wounded soldiers in the European area. He is a son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind] 26 Apr 1945
Former Resident Dies of Wounds in Europe
Sgt. Merlinn (sic) Dille, son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point, formerly of Winamac, died April 12 in a hospital in Belgium from wounds suffered in a land mine explosion on March 29. His mother had been notified of his wounds and had received a letter written by a friend of Sgt. Dille's in which he asked the family not to worry as he was going to be all right. He suffered severe shock and injuries in one leg. Two days later she received a telegram from the War Department telling of his death.
The young man was born in Winamac on September 6, 1918, and graduated from Crown Point high school in 1936. Sgt. Dille had been overseas for three years with an Army Engineer unit. Surviving, besides the mother are two sisters, Mrs. Florence Mounce and Mrs. Fern Bartholde, and two brothers, Earle Dille and Billy Beall, all of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind.] 03 May 1945
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind] 26 Apr 1945
Former Resident Dies of Wounds in Europe
Sgt. Merlinn (sic) Dille, son of Mrs. Cora Beall of Crown Point, formerly of Winamac, died April 12 in a hospital in Belgium from wounds suffered in a land mine explosion on March 29. His mother had been notified of his wounds and had received a letter written by a friend of Sgt. Dille's in which he asked the family not to worry as he was going to be all right. He suffered severe shock and injuries in one leg. Two days later she received a telegram from the War Department telling of his death.
The young man was born in Winamac on September 6, 1918, and graduated from Crown Point high school in 1936. Sgt. Dille had been overseas for three years with an Army Engineer unit. Surviving, besides the mother are two sisters, Mrs. Florence Mounce and Mrs. Fern Bartholde, and two brothers, Earle Dille and Billy Beall, all of Crown Point
Pulaski County Democrat [Winamac, Ind.] 03 May 1945
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Merle L. Dille Indiana. Sgt. Engineers. World War II
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