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Show Merrill Grover Hatch Merrill Grover Hatch, lovingly known to his family as "Poppy," died June 10, 1992 in Alexandria, Va. at the age of 74. He had served ness administration and was secretary secre-tary of his class of 1951. He commanded field artillery units in Baumholder, Germany and at Fort Sill, Okla., and held posts in the Pentagon: in the office of the Army Inspector General, in the Army material Command as chief of management science, and in the office of the Comptroller of the Army as executive to the director of the Army Budget. Also, he was deputy comptroller in the U.S. Army Communications Zone, Orleans, France, and was director of manapemenl research at the Annv in the United States Army 29 wrs before retir-IJ retir-IJ as a colonel in T968. Born in Morgan, to Lillian Grover and Parley Zenos Hatch, he was raised in Bountiful. Boun-tiful. He was a i ' I Li'LJ Management School, Fort Belvoir, Va. In 1966 he was chief of the U.S. Army Concept Team in Vietnam. Colonel Hatch was a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College Col-lege and the Army War College. He earned a second master's degree, in international relations, from George Washington University. Military decorations include the Silver Star, four Legions of Merit (twice in combat), one bronze star, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and unit citations. After retirement, he worked as a government civilian employee, then with Holiday Inn, and as a director of Success Management Institute. He was a member until his death of Pi Kappa Alpha, the Alumni Associations of the University of Utah and Harvard's Graduate Business Busi-ness School, Disabled Veterans of America, Retired Officers Association, Associa-tion, and the 25th Infantry Division Association, having served on its executive committee and as a former secretary, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His first wife died in 1986. Also preceding him in death were his parents, two brothers, Wendell and Dale, and a granddaughter. Survivors Sur-vivors include his wife, Reta Greenough Thomas of Alexandria; three children, Mrs. Robert (Jane) Jordan, New Orleans, LA; Charles Hatch, Logan; Mrs. Wayne G. (Susan) Rasmussen, Woodbridge, VA; two sisters, Mrs. Gerald (Barbara) (Bar-bara) McArdle and Mrs. Calvin (Janice) Boynton); both of Bountiful; Boun-tiful; 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.; Always appreciative of his Utah heritage and friendships, he loved his country and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on June 15 leaving leav-ing a legacy of courtesy and respectful esteem for all humankind. iyj5 graduate of Davis High School where he was secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer of the student body, on the drama, football and debate teams, played clarinet in the school band and was a recipient of the Octagon Award. As a member of the Class of CJ939 at the University of Utah, he T was vice president of his fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and in managerial f positions on "The Pen" and "The Chronicle," the literary magazine and newspaper at the "U." Other f honors or associations included: " Owl and Key, Skull and Bones, Scabbard and Blade, Officers Club, and Men's Debate Team. As a newly commissioned Army officer, he was assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington, and then to Honolulu, Hawaii, with the 25th Infantry In-fantry Division. At Schofield Barracks, Bar-racks, Hawaii, he married Charlie Lee East, an Army nurse from LaGrange, Ga. in 1941. Machine gun bullets truck their home on the morning of Dec. 7; in January 1942 his young wife evacuated from Pearl harbor en route to Bountiful on a cattle ship, arriving within 48 hours of giving birth to their first child, Sara Jane. Two more children, Charles Merrill and Susan, were bom later. Colonel Hatch served in the Pacific Paci-fic throughout World War n, in Hawaii, Guadalcanal, Philippines, and Japan, where he commanded artillery ar-tillery units and operated the largest artillery fire direction center in the Pacific combat area. He was recognized recog-nized fqr heroism with valor several j times. After the war, he was an ROTC instructor at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, prior to being selected for 1 Harvard University's Graduate School of Business, where he ; received a master's degree in busi- L r |