Frederick Davenport Melton - The Citadel Memorial Europe

Frederick Davenport Melton

Citadel Class 1945
Date of Death 3-okt-44
Service USA
War World War II
Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Rank abbr. 2LT

Cadet Company B (Source: Sphinx 1943)
Age 20
Date of birth 15-Aug-24
Born in Americus, Sumter
Born state Limburg
Hometown Griffin, Spalding Cty
Country Eijsden-Margraten
State Limburg
Family Oliver Quimby Melton (father), Mary Ella Davenport Melton (Mother),
Rank Second Lieutenant
Service Number S/N 01032228
Entered the service from Georgia
Enlistment date 22-apr-42
Function Platoon Leader

Company B Troop
Battalion 113th Mech. Cav. Sq.
Regiment 113th Mech. Cav. Group
Theater Europe
Status KIA
Casualty details KIA, Europe
Place of death Havert
Awards Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal
Grave number Plot D, Row 10, Grave 6
Town Margraten
Biography Cenotaph: Oak Hill Cemetery, Section B - Block 3, Griffin, Spalding, GA, USA

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