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Personal info

Full name
MELVIN, James Arthur Jr
Date of birth
30 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Grady County, Georgia
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19100295
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 59

Immediate family

Members
James A. Melvin Sr. (father)
Daisy A. (Hurst) Melvin (mother)
Daisy B. Melvin (sister)
Grace Melvin (sister)
Ruby Melvin (sister)
Agnes M. Melvin (sister)
Margaret C. Melvin (sister)
Evelyn M. Melvin (sister)
Paul Melvin (brother)

More information

James A. Melvin Jr. was a clerk before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California on 15 July 1942.

Pvt Melvin was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Jeremey Whitely