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Personal info

Full name
WARTHAN, Melvin Benjamin
Date of birth
28 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Mechanicsville, Cedar County, Iowa
Hometown
Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36234942
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Motor Cycle Messenger
Unit
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 August 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 27 43

Immediate family

Members
James S. Warthan (father)
Lillian M. (Kinney) Warthan (mother)
Violet M. Warthan (sister)
Delores Warthan (sister)
Edward Warthan (brother)
Raymond L. Warthan (brother)
Luwellan M. Warthan (brother)
James Warthan (brother)
David Warthan (brother)

More information

Pfc Melvin B. Warthan enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 11 February 1942. He trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana and Fort Benning, Georgia.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson, www.newspapers.com - The La Crosse Tribune - 19 September 1944