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Personal info

Full name
MELTON, Emmett Morton Jr
Date of birth
24 September 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Henryville, Clark County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15332378
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 March 1944
Place of death
Three miles of Elze, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Emmett M. Melton (father)
Susie W. (Kaye) Melton (mother)
John J. Melton (halfbrother)
Dorsey T. Melton (brother)
Nancy B. Melton (sister)
Levriel L. Melton (sister)
Morris D. Melton (brother)
David H. Melton (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31716
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Bosch electricity works
MACR: 3428

More information

S/Sgt Emmett Melton volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 2 October 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

His aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft. He died from anoxia before the plane crashed. It was his fifth mission.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / Birth Index, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com/db/index.php

Photo source: FOHF, Gary Melton