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Personal info

Full name
KLINE, Melvin Aloysius
Date of birth
28 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35515344
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 70

Immediate family

Members
Leo Kline (father)
Katie Kline (mother)
Alfred Kline (brother)
Hazel Kline (sister)
Albert Kline (brother)
Howard Kline (brother)
Placida (Newsmith) Kline (wife)

More information

T/5 Melvin A. Kline attended West Technical High School and was employed at Cleveland Steel Products Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 6 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet