Merrill Overman Lindley

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army

RANK
Private First Class (prior to 1968)

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American


Enlisted 24 September 1943 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Served with the 29th Infantry Division 115th Infantry Regiment in the European Theater. Landed on D-day 6 June 1944 Omaha Fox Green Beach from LCI's. After fighting off the beach on to take Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Wounded in action in July 1944. Awarded the Purple Heart Medal and Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for Gallantry in action 6 June 1944.