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Personal info

Full name
ROSSON, Melvin Venson
Date of birth
22 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
King William County, Virginia
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33229573
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Am Ravelsberg, South of Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lewis M. Rosson (father)
Rosie G. (Bennett) Rosson (mother)
Winfrey Rosson (brother)
Arlett Rosson (sister)
Oney Rosson (sister)
Woodrow W. Rosson (brother)
Malcolm Rosson (brother)
Katherine Rosson (sister)
Clifford Rosson (brother)

More information

Pfc Melvin V. Rosson enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 4 November 1942.

He is remembered at the Sunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, King William County, Virginia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Michael Woolson, Library of Virginia (courtesy of Debbie Holloman)