Infantryman Badge Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart American Defense Service Medal with "Foreign Service" clasp Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three campaign stars World War II Victory Medal Honorary Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) Dates of rank Sources: Enlisted (rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant): 14 July 1922 Cadet, USMA: 1 July 1925 Note: The Army of the United States (AUS) was an administrative designation for officer commissions which were temporary due to wartime needs. Officers with these commissions were frequently reduced in rank after the war's conclusion. See also China Burma India Theater Charles N. Hunter Merrill's Marauders United States Army Rangers References External links Frank Merrill WW2DB: Frank Merrill 1903 births 1955 deaths People from Hopkinton, Massachusetts United States Military Academy alumni Military personnel from Massachusetts MIT School of Engineering alumni United States Army generals Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Army generals of World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) United States Army Rangers Colonels of the 75th Ranger Regiment Honorary Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire People from New Hampshire Burials at West Point Cemetery