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Personal info

Full name
MAC BLANE, Melvin
Date of birth
17 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Johnson City, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
32378596
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bouzonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 28

Immediate family

Members
Robert Mac Blane (father)
Blanche (Brooks) Mac Blane (mother)
William R. Mac Blane (brother)
Rachael Mac Blane (sister)
Robert H. Mac Blane (brother)
Wilbur Mac Blane (brother)
Thomas Mac Blane (brother)

More information

Pfc Melvin Mac Blane attended City High School for two years before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 22 July 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / MacBlane Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – Press and Sun Bulletin 21 December 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Press and Sun Bulletin 21 December 1944