Sgt. MerrilL M. Mullin

Parents: Delbert W. & Eda M. Zierke-Mullin

Siblings: 2 sisters, 3 brothers

Home:

    - 109 Orchard Street, Hillside, Illinois

        - first resident of Hillside drafted

Education:

    - Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School - Hillside, Illinois

    - Proviso Township High School

        - left for trade school - dropped out

Enlisted:

    - U.S. Army 

        - 24 March 1941 - Chicago, Illinois

Serial Number: 36012196

Training:

    - Military Police

Unit:

     - Company K, 424 Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division

Engagements:

    - Battle of the Bulge

        - captured and held prisoner for 2½ hours - escaped

Killed in Action:

    - 27 January 1945 - near Aachen, Germany

Buried:

    - November 1947 - Glen Oak Cemetery - Hillside, Illinois

Note: Family would later reside in Roselle, Illinois

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