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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Melvin Arthur
Date of birth
20 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Gardenia, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
39472616
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Filly or Petite-Mormont or Grande-Mormont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 63

Immediate family

Members
David A. Roberts (father)
Anna M. (O'Shea) Roberts (mother)
Normand D. Roberts (brother)

More information

Melvin Roberts graduated from Lincoln High School and was a professional boxer.

He enlisted on 28 April 1944 and had been overseas for only two weeks when he was killed.

His brother Norman served with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Marcel van Aalzum