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Personal info

Full name
SCOTT, Melvin Gordon
Date of birth
27 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Maysville, DeKalb County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
42105059
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 25

Immediate family

Members
John W. Scott (father)
Mabel L. (Morris) Scott (mother)
Helen M. Scott (sister)
Russell J. Scott (brother)
Herbert C. Scott (brother)
Evelyn R. (Francisco) Scott (wife)
Joanne L. Scott (daughter)

More information

Pfc Melvin G. Scott attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 25 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

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 / Master Tree Rev 1 / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery