PFC
Melvin H Hansens
Aged 22, fallen March 17, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 16104733
- Hometown
- Ingham, Michigan
- Date of death
- March 17, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Washington Park Memorial Gardens, Section A Lot 271 Grave 9, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Private First Class Melvin H Hansens, serial number 16104733, of Ingham, Michigan, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on March 17, 1945, at the age of 22. He is buried at Washington Park Memorial Gardens, Section A Lot 271 Grave 9, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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