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Personal info

Full name
MCCASKILL, Melvin Glenn
Date of birth
26 July 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Biscoe, Montgomery County, North Carolina
Hometown
Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34307334
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 17 16

Immediate family

Members
James A. McCaskill (father)
Margaret R. (Dunn) McCaskill (mother)
Gertrude L. McCaskill (sister)
Annie G. McCaskill (sister)
James H. McCaskill (brother)
John F. McCaskill (brother)
Edith McCaskill (sister)

More information

Pfc Melvin G. McCaskill attended Pinehurst High School for four years and was employed at the Virginia Engineering Company before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - The Charlotte Observer 10 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy