Died fighting in WORLD WAR II
Melvin was a Technician Fifth Class in the U.S. Army 17th Signal Service Company
Service # 39828183
He entered the Service from Idaho; enlisted 1942.
Missing in Action *
Awards: Purple Heart
*His death is categorized as Finding of Death under Public Law 490, i.e. none of these………..
KIA
Killed in Action
DOW
Died of Wounds
DOI
Died of Injuries
DNB
Died non Battle
M
Missing persons
" Declared Dead --All persons previously reported as missing or missing in action, who were no longer presumed to be living, and in whose cases a finding of death was made by the Chief of the Casualty Branch, AGO, acting for the Secretary of War, pursuant to Section 5 of the "Missing Persons Act," Public Law 490, 77th Congress, 7 March 1942, as amended. Findings of death were made upon or subsequent to 12 months in a missing or missing in action status, and were withheld so long as the person was presumed to be living. They included the date upon which the death was presumed to have occurred for the purposes of termination of crediting pay and allowances, settlements of accounts, and payments of death gratuities. Such date was never less than a year and a day following the day of expiration of the 12 month period. The declared dead columns in this report include figures for those persons classified as declared dead from a missing in action status only. Persons declared dead from a missing status (other than missing in action) are included in the non-battle death statistics in the death tables, but are not separately identified."
Melvin was a Technician Fifth Class in the U.S. Army 17th Signal Service Company
Service # 39828183
He entered the Service from Idaho; enlisted 1942.
Missing in Action *
Awards: Purple Heart
*His death is categorized as Finding of Death under Public Law 490, i.e. none of these………..
KIA
Killed in Action
DOW
Died of Wounds
DOI
Died of Injuries
DNB
Died non Battle
M
Missing persons
" Declared Dead --All persons previously reported as missing or missing in action, who were no longer presumed to be living, and in whose cases a finding of death was made by the Chief of the Casualty Branch, AGO, acting for the Secretary of War, pursuant to Section 5 of the "Missing Persons Act," Public Law 490, 77th Congress, 7 March 1942, as amended. Findings of death were made upon or subsequent to 12 months in a missing or missing in action status, and were withheld so long as the person was presumed to be living. They included the date upon which the death was presumed to have occurred for the purposes of termination of crediting pay and allowances, settlements of accounts, and payments of death gratuities. Such date was never less than a year and a day following the day of expiration of the 12 month period. The declared dead columns in this report include figures for those persons classified as declared dead from a missing in action status only. Persons declared dead from a missing status (other than missing in action) are included in the non-battle death statistics in the death tables, but are not separately identified."
Died fighting in WORLD WAR II
Melvin was a Technician Fifth Class in the U.S. Army 17th Signal Service Company
Service # 39828183
He entered the Service from Idaho; enlisted 1942.
Missing in Action *
Awards: Purple Heart
*His death is categorized as Finding of Death under Public Law 490, i.e. none of these………..
KIA
Killed in Action
DOW
Died of Wounds
DOI
Died of Injuries
DNB
Died non Battle
M
Missing persons
" Declared Dead --All persons previously reported as missing or missing in action, who were no longer presumed to be living, and in whose cases a finding of death was made by the Chief of the Casualty Branch, AGO, acting for the Secretary of War, pursuant to Section 5 of the "Missing Persons Act," Public Law 490, 77th Congress, 7 March 1942, as amended. Findings of death were made upon or subsequent to 12 months in a missing or missing in action status, and were withheld so long as the person was presumed to be living. They included the date upon which the death was presumed to have occurred for the purposes of termination of crediting pay and allowances, settlements of accounts, and payments of death gratuities. Such date was never less than a year and a day following the day of expiration of the 12 month period. The declared dead columns in this report include figures for those persons classified as declared dead from a missing in action status only. Persons declared dead from a missing status (other than missing in action) are included in the non-battle death statistics in the death tables, but are not separately identified."
Melvin was a Technician Fifth Class in the U.S. Army 17th Signal Service Company
Service # 39828183
He entered the Service from Idaho; enlisted 1942.
Missing in Action *
Awards: Purple Heart
*His death is categorized as Finding of Death under Public Law 490, i.e. none of these………..
KIA
Killed in Action
DOW
Died of Wounds
DOI
Died of Injuries
DNB
Died non Battle
M
Missing persons
" Declared Dead --All persons previously reported as missing or missing in action, who were no longer presumed to be living, and in whose cases a finding of death was made by the Chief of the Casualty Branch, AGO, acting for the Secretary of War, pursuant to Section 5 of the "Missing Persons Act," Public Law 490, 77th Congress, 7 March 1942, as amended. Findings of death were made upon or subsequent to 12 months in a missing or missing in action status, and were withheld so long as the person was presumed to be living. They included the date upon which the death was presumed to have occurred for the purposes of termination of crediting pay and allowances, settlements of accounts, and payments of death gratuities. Such date was never less than a year and a day following the day of expiration of the 12 month period. The declared dead columns in this report include figures for those persons classified as declared dead from a missing in action status only. Persons declared dead from a missing status (other than missing in action) are included in the non-battle death statistics in the death tables, but are not separately identified."
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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