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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Melvin Lee
Date of birth
9 August 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39724232
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
28 September 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
George A. Harris (father)
Ethel L. (Humphries) Harris (mother)
William Harris (brother)
Arthur Harris (brother)
George Harris (brother)
Claude Harris (brother)
Francis Harris (brother)
Billye L. (Valentine) Harris (wife)
Billy J. Harris (son)

More information

Pfc Melvin Harris attended college and was a chemist.

He enlisted on 15 January 1944 at Los Angeles, California.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com 1930, 1940 Census.

Photo source: FOHF