Name:
Jacob Shelton, Jr. Melvin
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
260325
Unit:
22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Death:
1944-07-24
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, New Hope, Washington County, Florida, USA
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Jacob Shelton Melvin Jr. was born on January 21, 1920. He was the son of Jacob Shelton Melvin and Ida J. Miller Melvin.
He served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Corporal during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 24, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.