U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Charles W Mershon
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State: Ohio
County or City: Highland
Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1940
Enlistment State: Ohio
Enlistment City: Hillsboro
Branch: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Corporal
Grade Code: Corporal
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 148

"The Press Gazette", HIllsboro, Ohio
10/21/1941
Staff Sergeant Charles W. Mershon, mess sergeant of Company G, called his cooks and helpers together last week, announced that they were going to decorate the mess hall. Formerly a bare pine board interior, the mess hall now sports torch-seared grain patterns, tan walls, white oilcloth on the tables, and fancily draped condiment shelves. The final touch, curtains and drapes for the windows, have been ordered and expected soon.

Ohio Death Index
Name: Charles Wilson Mershon
Event: Death
Event Date: 14 Dec 1951
Event Place: New Petersburg, Highland Co., Ohio
Residence: Rt. 1, Hillsboro, Ohio
Gender: Male
Death Age: 33y
Marital Status: Divorced
Race: White
Occupation: U. S. Army
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1918
Birthplace: Highland Co., Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1918
Burial Date: 17 Dec 1951
Burial Place: New Petersburg, Ohio
Cemetery: Gilboa Cemetery
Father: Charles Mershon
Mother: Ella Cox
Reference Number: Certificate #77758
Film Number: 2372879
Digital Folder Number: 4109409
Image Number: 01040

"The Press Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio
12/18/1951
Man's Death Is Ruled Accident
Military honors were bestowed Monday at funeral services for a member of Company G, ONG, who accidentally shot and fatally wounded himself at his home in New Petersburg about 8:45 A.M. Friday.
Dr. J. M. Byers, Highland County Coroner, returned an accidental verdict in the death of Sgt. Charles W. Mershon, 33, who died almost instantly after a charge from a 12-gauge shotgun struck him in the chest and emerged under his left arm.
His father, Charles P. Mershon, told authorities that he went outside to get some coal and on his return, found his son wounded and dying in a chair.
Sgt. Mershon returned last Saturday from Ft. Meade, Md., where he attended a regular Army mess management course prior to entering federal service with his unit next month. He graduated second highest in his class at the school.
Relatives reported that Sgt. Mershon borrowed the shotgun Thursday night from a neighbor, Harry Caplinger, with the intention of going hunting Friday. It is believed that Mershon was cleaning the gun in preparation for the hunting trip when it was accidentally discharged.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Murray Funeral Home in Greenfield. Burial was in Gilboa Cemetery.
The son of Charles P. and the late Ella Cox Mershon, Sgt. Mershon, in addition to the father, is survived by two brothers, Harry of New Petersburg and Joseph of Greenfield and three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Hull and Miss Grace Mershon of New Petersburg and Mrs. Ruth Bluff of Columbus.

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