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Personal info

Full name
LIEDER, Melvin Vernell
Date of birth
5 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36312485
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Earl Lieder (father)
Alice M. (de Fries) Lieder (mother)
Henry G. Lieder (brother)
Vera M. Lieder (sister)
Ellen (Foster) Lieder (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Melvin V. Lieder was a bartender before he enlisted at Camp Grand, Illinois on 19 January 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten