Sgt. Merrill Melvin Mullin
Born: 31 August 1919 – Racine, Wisconsin
Parents: Delbert W. & Eda M. Zierke-Mullin
Siblings: 2 sisters, 3 brothers
Home:
– 109 Orchard Street, Hillside, Illinois
– the first resident of Hillside drafted
Education:
– Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran School – Hillside, Illinois
– Proviso Township High School
– left for trade school – dropped out
Employment: Glen Oak Cemetery – Hillside, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Delbert W. Mullin – father
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– 24 March 1941 – Chicago, Illinois
Serial Number: 36012196
Training:
– Military Police
Unit:
– Company K, 424 Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
– platoon sergeant
Engagements:
– Battle of the Bulge
– captured and held as a prisoner for 2½ hours – escaped
Killed in Action:
– 27 January 1945 – near Mendell, Belgium
– his company was attacking a village
– drove the Germans out of the village
– German artillery shelled the village
– Mullin was hit by shrapnel
– Approximate time of death: 11:00 AM
– memorial service was held at Proviso Evangelical Lutheran Church – 26 August 1945
Buried:
– Henri Chapelle Cemetery #1
Reburied:
– 19 November 1947 – Glen Oak Cemetery – Hillside, Illinois
Note: Family later resided in Roselle, Illinois
