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Personal info

Full name
MELIX, William Leonard
Date of birth
22 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31018658
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 31

Immediate family

Members
Horatio H. Melix (father)
Fannie S. (Ellis) Melix (mother)
Henry E. Melix (brother)
Raymond L. Melix (brother)
Herbert F. Melix (brother)
Leon F. Melix (brother)

More information

Pvt William L. Melix was a semiskilled painter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 1 March 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Wanda Frances Murphy Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

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