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Personal info

Full name
LOGAN, Melvin Laurin
Date of birth
22 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42083831
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Near Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 10 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Logan (father)
Laura M. (Clevenger) Logan (mother)
Thomas P. Logan (brother)
Joseph Logan (brother)

More information

Pvt Melvin L. Logan graduated from Haddonfield High School in 1944 where he played on the 1943 and 1944 school tennis team.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 24 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ancestry.com/, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930-1940 Census / Family Tree, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, john Logan