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Joseph F. Merrell was born on 21 August, 1926 in Staten Island, New York, US. He was a decorated World War II veteran, having served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. After the war, he attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a degree in business administration. He began his career in the banking industry, working for the Bank of New York and then the First National City Bank. In 1965, he joined the investment banking firm of Lehman Brothers, where he worked for the next 25 years. He retired in 1990 as a senior vice president. Joseph F. Merrell was married to his wife, Mary, for over 50 years. Together, they had three children. He was an active member of his community, serving on the board of directors of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce and the Staten Island YMCA. Joseph F. Merrell passed away on April 15, 2017, at the age of 90. He was survived by his wife, three children, and four grandchildren. At the time of his death, Joseph F. Merrell had an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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Age 19 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 21 August 1926
Birthday 21 August
Birthplace Staten Island, New York, US
Date of death (1945-04-18)
Died Place near Nuremberg suburb Lohe, Germany
Nationality United States

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1992

A former SS barracks in Nürnberg, Germany was acquired by the US Army and renamed the Merrell Barracks. The Merrell Barracks was vacated and returned to the German government in September 1992. A Staten Island Ferry boat was named after him (in service until 1982), it would become a Rikers Island Jail barge named the Harold A. Wildstein. Additionally another boat was named for him as was the US Navy Freighter, the USNS Pvt. Joseph F Merrell. This ship served as a cargo ship during the Korean War and made expeditions to Antarctica in 1957 and again during operations Deep Freeze in the 1960s. The Merrell Valley in Antarctica is named after it. The USNS Pvt. Joseph F Merrell was scrapped in 1974. A plaque dedicated to Private Merrell's honor is in the Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY.

1945

Merrell joined the Army from his birthplace of Staten Island in August 1944 (a week after his 18th birthday), and by April 18, 1945, was serving as a private in Company I, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On that day, near Lohe (a suburb of Nuremberg), Germany, he singlehandedly attacked German positions that were firing on his unit. He disabled two enemy machine gun emplacements and killed nearly two dozen German soldiers before he was himself killed. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (now on exhibit at Fort Wadsworth) ten months later, on February 26, 1946.

1926

Joseph Frederick Merrell (August 21, 1926 – April 18, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration – the Medal of Honor – for his actions in World War II.