Melvin Brillhart

Personal Information

Birthplace: Buckeye, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Sep 2, 1945

Highest Rank: Private First Class

Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation & Talmage Historical Museum & Library

Biography

When Pearl Harbor was attached Melvin was 14 years old. He was drafted into the US Army, September 1945 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He took transportation corps training in the states of Louisiana and Wyoming. Melvin was sent to Europe and was assigned to transportation units in France and Germany. He left the Army with the rank of Private First Class. Courtesy of the Talmage Kansas Historical Museum and Library.