World War II Honoree

Merlyn Thompson Montgomery

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hutchinson, Kansas

Honored By

Tim Montgomery

Relationship

Son

Corps of Engineers, 788th Engineers Petroleum Distribution Company Overseas from Camp Claiborne, LA, March 1944, to Chichester, England. In Normandy invasion, northern France and Rhineland campaigns and operations in Germany. Built and serviced pipelines. Based at Nurnburg, Germany, at end of war. In army over two years.