Merle Hay, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMerle Hay
United States Army soldier
Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1896
Date of Death: 03-Nov-1917
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Merle Hay
- 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.
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