PVT
Melvin C Hayes
Aged 25, fallen February 19, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37644237
- Hometown
- Randolph, Missouri
- Date of death
- February 19, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 27 Grave 3, Epinal, France
Private Melvin C Hayes, serial number 37644237, of Randolph, Missouri, served with Company E of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on February 19, 1945, at the age of 25. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 27 Grave 3, Epinal, France.
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