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Remembering World War II
William Frederick Meuse, Jr
Corporal
420239
United States Marine Corps, 3rd Marine Division
Purple Heart
June 6, 1921
Wakefield, Mass, US
Unknown
Wakefield, Mass, US
Light
5 feet, 8¼ inches
Brown
Blue
Single
July 22, 1944
23
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Section N Site 1448
William F. Meuse Jr. was the son of William Frederick Meuse Sr. (1887-1966) and Catherine Angela
(O'Shaughnessy) Meuse. His father was born in Morris Island, Yarmouth Co., NS and his mother was born
in Cork, Ireland. The family was living in Wakefield, Massachusetts in 1921.
In1940, William was employed with the Purian Furniture Company, Washington St., Melrose , Mass.
Corporal Meuse served with the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific. He was wounded in
action at Guam, in the Marianas and died of his wounds on the USS Aquarius on July 22, 1944. The Battle
of Guam was between July 21 to August 10, 1944.
The USS Aquarius was a US Coast Guard-manned assault transport.
William Frederick Meuse, Jr.
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