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Personal info

Full name
LACY, Melvin C
Date of birth
31 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Putnam, Dewey County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Yamhill County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39900115
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 5 14

Immediate family

Members
H. L. Lacy (father)
Lena M. (Jones) Lacy (mother)
Opal K. Lacy (sister)
Keena J. Lacy (brother)
Avery L. Lacy (brother)
Ila M. Lacy (sister)
Vida M. Lacy (sister)
Everett Lacy (brother)
Ralph Lacy (brother)

More information

Pvt Melvin C. Lacy enlisted in Boise, Idaho on 13 October 1942.

He attended high school for 1 year and was a driver before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery