Medal for Merit
Possibility #1-Decoration was awarded by a different command:
The Medal of Merit was awarded by the President or by the Medal for Merit Board with the approval of the President, which was established under Executive Order 9637 and amended by Executive Order 9857A of May 27, 1947. Because of this you will not find the Medal for Merits awarded in general orders of military commands.
Possibility #2-The decoration was awarded years after the action in which it was earned:
As such it is announced in generals issued beyond the scope of this particular work. The Medal for Merit became obsolete in 1952.
Possibility #3-The general order issuing the decoration is missing from the files at the National Archives:
Please consult the web page for the book you purchased, to see if any
general orders were missing. Just because there are missing general orders does
not prove that the claimed decoration was actually issued. Try locating a copy
of the veterans discharge to see if it has the general order number listed after
the decoration.
Possibility #4- There may be an error in the spelling in the original
document or error may have occurred while transcribing the information from the
original source:
Statistically the transcription error rate is 5%, I try my best to reduce the possibility of errors, but they do occur.