Editing Ray Mercer (section)

==Military service==
Mercer served with the [[USAREUR]], [[V Corps (United States)|V Corps]], [[Infantry Branch (United States)|infantry]], he was stationed with Company D, 1st Battalion, [[39th Infantry Regiment (United States)|39th Infantry]], in [[Baumholder]], [[West Germany]].<ref name="Rogers">{{cite journal |last1= Rogers|first1= David R.|last2= Dove|first2= Billy|date= September 1988|title= Soldiers Vie For Olympics|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112042557675&view=1up&seq=528|journal= Soldiers|volume= 43|issue= 9|page= 46|issn= 0093-8440|access-date= 2019-06-18}}</ref> His last military rank was [[sergeant (United States)|sergeant]].<ref>{{cite journal |date= November 1988|title= Army Olympic Update|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yjhEAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA8-PA71|journal= Army|volume= 38|issue= 11|page= 71|issn= 0004-2455|access-date= 2019-06-18}}</ref>