Name:
Melvin Goodell
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
31200405
Unit:
10th Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-26
State:
Vermont
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Plot:
I
Row:
17
Grave:
4
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Melvin E. Goodell was born on 1909 in Massachusetts, USA. Melvin served as a Private First Class, 10th Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Washington County, Vermont prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on November 23, 1942 in Rutland, Vermont. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of miscellaneous finished lumber products and also as divorced, with dependents. Melvin was "Killed In Action" on August 26, 1944 in France during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart. His burial is now at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.