Stoops, Merle N.

1917 - 1944  (27 years)

• Name	Stoops, Merle N.
  Birth	1917  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	STOO.M002
  _FGRAVE	56350200
  Military Service	World War II, Private, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Private with the 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. Entered combat on July 9, 1944 and was killed in action on August 3, 1944 in vicinity of Cherence Le Heron, Manche, France. Awarded The Purple Heart Medal posthumously and was otherwise entitled to The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign with one bronze battle star and The WWII Victory Medal. Buried with military honors at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James (Manche), France. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903192
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Stoops, Merle N. (1917-1944) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		3rd Armored Division ("Spearhead"), United States Army
  		3rd Armored Division ("Spearhead"), United States Army
  		32nd Armored Regiment, United States Army
  		Mortain, Normandy, France
  		Chérencé-le-Héron, Normandy, France
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Stoops, Merle N. (1917-1944)
  Death	3 Aug 1944	Mortain, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France   [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  		Chérencé-le-Héron, Normandy, France
  		Mortain, Normandy, France
  Burial	Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France   [1]
  	Plot: J Row: 10 Grave: 1
  		Headstone, Stoops, Merle N. (1917-1944)
  		American Battle Monuments Commission - Brittany American Cemetery The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 28 acres of rolling farm country near the eastern edge of Brittany and contains the remains of 4,404 of our war dead, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy and Brittany Campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 500 of the…
  Person ID	I43062	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	STOOPS, James Franklin Berry 'Frank',   b. 29 Sep 1870   bur. Powers Cemetery, Garden Hill Township, Wayne County, Illinois
  Mother	WEBB, Nettie A.,   b. 18 Jul 1875, Stevenson Township, Marion County, Illinois d. 23 Sep 1921, Stevenson Township, Marion County, Illinois (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F18179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13416] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Stoops, Merle N., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350200), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14979] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Merle N. Stoops, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1903192) (Reliability: 2).