Second Lieutenant Van Houten Melvin P (Service #: O-806178) died on 1944-05-27

14710, Colleville-sur-Mer, France

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1944-05-27

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You are reading the record of honored service member Van Houten Melvin P, coming from the state New Jersey in the United States of America (according to my records his last home and/or enlistment state).
He served as Second Lieutenant with military service number #O-806178 in this unit - 571 BOMB Squadron 390 BOMB Group H.
He gave his life for our freedom on Saturday 05 May 1944. He is buried or memorialized on the American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
The location of his grave: Plot A, Row 23, Grave 44

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