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Personal info

Full name
SIGMAN, Melvin Grant Jr
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Whitley County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
O-719519
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
305th Squadron,
442nd Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
17 August 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 17 35

Immediate family

Members
Melvin G. Sigman (father)
Mary A. Sigman (mother)
Mary R. Sigman (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Melvin G. Sigman Jr. joined the Regular Army in Lexington, Kentucky on 11 July 1942.

He attended 1 year of college.

He is remembered at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Corbin, Knox County, Kentucky.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Pat Lacy, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

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