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Personal info

Full name
FERRIS, Melvin Heywood
Date of birth
8 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31375784
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 July 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Mesnil-Herman, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 52

Immediate family

Members
Stanley H. Ferris (father)
Ethel P. Ferris (mother)
Walter H. Ferris (brother)
Virginia E. Ferris (sister)
Marian S. (Aldred) Ferris (wife)
Lane Ferris (son)
Linda Ferris (daughter)

More information

Private Melvin Ferris attended St. Anselm's College.

He enlisted on 10 November 1943 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The picture was taken in high school in 1935.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Central High School, 1935