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Personal info

Full name
MELTON, Prentis
Date of birth
12 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Leslie County, Kentucky
Hometown
Leslie County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35128659
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 3 7

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Melton (father)
Siller (Shepherd) Melton (mother)
Dennis Melton (brother)
Edward Melton (brother)

More information

Pfc Prentis Melton worked on a farm.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 9 August 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jim Jacobus