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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Melvin Thomas Jr
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Washington
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11042141
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 March 1944
Place of death
Ahnebeck, near Parsau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 43 37

Immediate family

Members
Melvin T. Ross (father)
Miriam H. (Taylor) Ross (mother)
Margaret Ross (sister)
Elinor R. Ross (sister)
Carolyn B. Ross (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-39965
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 3459

More information

S/Sgt Melvin T. Ross Jr. graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in 1941. He worked in the manufacture of clocks, watches, jewelry and articles of precious metals.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 January 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1942 to 29 March 1944.

The aircraft was shot down by a fighter and crashed at 1400 hours.

Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six men were killed. They were intially buried at the cemetery of Parsau, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe 3 November 1945, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Tommy Taylor, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe - 3 November 1945