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Personal info

Full name
GRAHAM, Melborn Victor
Date of birth
22 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama
Hometown
Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34819036
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Achen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 26 32

Immediate family

Members
Thomas V. Graham (father)
Mollie B. (Yelverton) Graham (mother)
Thomas A. Graham (brother)
Henry G. Graham (brother)
Marcia P. (Newman) Graham (wife)
Thomas M. Graham (son)
Kenneth C. Graham (son)

More information

Pvt Melborn V. Graham was a painter before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 18 November 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by the blast of an artillery shell.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1940 Census / Pierson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Graham Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Enterprise Ledger Alabama 5 January 1945, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Kenneth Graham