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Personal info

Full name
MEYERS, Melvin
Date of birth
27 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lockland, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35559875
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 17 15

Immediate family

Members
Edward C. Meyers (father)
Clara (Walters) Meyers (mother)
Esther Meyers (sister)
Doris M. Meyers (sister)
Rose Meyers (wife)
Kenneth E. Meyers (son)

More information

Pfc Melvin Meyers graduated from Woodward High School in 1937 and was employed by the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, in Newport, Kentucky on 26 January 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Woodward High School - 1937