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Personal info

Full name
NORBY, Melvin Leonard
Date of birth
5 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gary, Norman County, Minnesota
Hometown
Ah-Gwah-Ching, Cass County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17156196
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 41

Immediate family

Members
Louis O. Norby (father)
Marie J. (Sather) Norby (mother)
Olaf Norby (brother)
Lloyd E. Norby (brother)
Clara Norby (sister)
Myrtle L. Norby (sister)
Mabel E. Norby (sister)
Evelyn (Larson) Norby (wife)

More information

T/5 Melvin L. Norby worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 16 November 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Berg Jefferson Norby Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.coom – Shane O, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – Star Tribune 6 May 1945
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Minnesota Star Tribune 6 May 1945