Ned H. Mertz

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.