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Personal info

Full name
MELLENDORF, Charles David
Date of birth
14 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Hometown
Home Corner, Grant County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35094509
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 58

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Mellendorf (father)
Maude M. (Giller) Mellendorf (mother)
John Mellendorf (brother)
Mildred Mellendorf (sister)
David Mellendorf (brother)
Rose M. Mellendorf (sister)
Robert Mellendorf (brother)
William Mellendorf (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Charles D. Mellendorf graduated from Marion High School.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 1 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Indiana Birth Certificates / US Social Security Aplications and Claims / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, 1942 Marion High School Cactus Yearbook - courtesy of Kathy McDermott