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Personal info

Full name
DUNN, Melvin Wallace
Date of birth
30 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mullhall, Logan County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Mullhall, Logan County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38399028
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
In the Vicinity of Putscheid - Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 94

Immediate family

Members
Willima M. Dunn (father)
Mary A. (Wilder) Dunn (mother)
Bertha E. Dunn (sister)
Geneva E. Dunn (sister)
Cecil R. Dunn (brother)
Margaret R. Dunn (sister)
Norma P. Dunn (sister)
Imogene Dunn (sister)
James E. Dunn (brother)
Darlene Dunn (sister)
Wilma Dunn (sister)
Verna Dunn (sister)

More information

Pfc Melvin W. Dunn worked on a farm before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, on 8 February 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942 - 1949 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Dunn 2 Fixed Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5 th infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten