(1896-07-20)July 20, 1896 Carroll County, Iowa, US
Died
November 3, 1917(1917-11-03) (aged 21) Artois, France
Buried
West Lawn Cemetery, Glidden, Iowa
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1917
Rank
Private
Unit
Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battles/wars
World War I †
Merle Hay memorial boulder in Des Moines, Iowa
Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 – November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana and Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 – November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along...
MerleHay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. Opened in 1959, it is the second oldest regional...
with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana, and Private MerleHay of Glidden, Iowa. Thomas Francis Enright was born May 8, 1887, in Bloomfield...
the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Private MerleHay of Glidden, Iowa and Private Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale...
in May 2000. Two of the Des Moines metropolitan area's existing malls, MerleHay Mall and Valley West Mall, promptly sued the city of West Des Moines,...
states. In November 1978, a fire broke out in the Younkers store in the MerleHay Mall in Des Moines, killing 11 people. To date, it is the most devastating...
Business Park (Discontinued on April 25, 2010, due to budget crisis) 51 MerleHay Crosstown (merged with Route 5 on August 23, 2015) 71 Ankeny / Delaware...
first east on Hickman Road, then north on MerleHay Road. US 6 and Iowa 28 split at Douglas Avenue near MerleHay Mall. Iowa 28 continues north along the...
Inn operate in separate markets. The original Mrs. C's restaurant, on MerleHay Road in Des Moines, remained in business as a Bakers Square until it closed...
the old arena as part of a project to turn a vacant department store on MerleHay Road into a new 3,500-seat arena. Buccaneer Arena completed repairs in...
announced it would be replacing the old arena as part of a new development at MerleHay Mall. The project will see a 3,500 seat main arena built in what was a...
firefighters into the flames. November 5 – The Younkers Department store at the MerleHay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed...
Thomas Enright, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, 1917 MerleHay, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, 1917 James Bethel...
Rapids (1980–present) Mall of the Bluffs – Council Bluffs (1986–2019) MerleHay Mall – Des Moines (1972–present) North Grand Mall – Ames (1971–present)...
exit, the freeway begins a slow descent toward the Des Moines River. MerleHay Road, named for the first Iowan to die in World War I, carries Iowa 28...
one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917 MerleHay, one of the first three American Army soldiers killed, November 3, 1917...
jazz musician Eva Lund Haugen, author James H. Hawley, Idaho politician MerleHay, World War I soldier Frank Hayes, unionist Peter Hedges, writer Alan J...
prisoners and 141 guns. Soldiers Thomas Enright, James Bethel Gresham, and MerleHay of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division of the United States...
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