Ned H. Mertz
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Ned H. Mertz
Army
NED
H.
MERTZ
Apr 9, 1916 - Oct 6, 1944
BIRTHPLACE: Reading, PA
SOLDIER DETAILS
DIVISION:
Army
, 549th Bomb
THEATER OF OPERATION:
European
SERVED: Apr 9, 1943 -
HONORED BY: Grandson, Jeffrey Page
KILLED IN ACTION
BIOGRAPHY
Ned H. Mertz was killed in action on October 6, 1944, during a bomb run over Berlin. He was a tailgunner on a B-17. He was a replacement that day.