Melvin O. Skhal

Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery. Name included on the All Veterans Memorial located on the North Dakota State Capitol Grounds Bismarck North Dakota under County of Ramsey. From American Battle Monuments Commission: Service # 37313776 Rank Private, U.S. Army Unit 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Entered Service From North Dakota Date of Death November 18, 1944 Buried Plot M Row 6 Grave 14 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands From Register of North Dakota Veterans of WWII and Korea page 1376: SKAL, MELVIN 0, SN 37 313 776; born Hansboro, NDak 5 Jun 21; resident Ramsey County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 6 Oct 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 18 Nov 44 Germany; PVT; buried in Plot M, Nov 6, Grave 14, Netherlands, Holland. From Fields of Honor database: SKHAL, Melvin Oscar Servicenumber: 37313776 Age: 23 Born: 5 June 1921, North Dakota Hometown: Webster, Ramsey County, North Dakota Family: Carl O. Skhal (father) Mary A. (Cox) Skhal (mother) Carl Skhal (brother) Irving H.M. Skhal (brother) Agnes Skhal (sister) Dorothea Skhal (sister) Ruth Skhal (sister) Rank: Private Function: Not available Regiment: 117th Infantry Regiment Battalion: Not available Division €“ Transport: 30th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: Not available Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 18 November 1944 Status: KIA Place of death: Hoengen-Warden, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart Gravenumber: Plot M, Row 6, Grave 14 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Pvt Skhal's brothers served in the U.S. Navy. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Record, www.oldhickory30th.com Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Duane L. Edwards, Sr Photo of Headstone: Find a Grave