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Personal info

Full name
DRABEN, Melvin Howard
Date of birth
3 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36670745
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 12 38

Immediate family

Members
Jacob A. Draben (father)
Louise L. (Damaschke) Draben (mother)
Elmer E. Draben (brother)
Lillian C. Draben (sister)
Earl G. Draben (brother)
Mildred Draben (sister)
Marion J. (Schrefler) Draben (wife)
Richard M. Draben (son)

More information

T/5 Melvin H. Draben attended Bloom High School and was employed by the Montgomery Ward Paint Works Company.

He enlisted in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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