Merton Raymond Riser

World War II
Service #510776
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From Iowa
Date of DeathNovember 20 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Merton R. Riser were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.