August 11, 1912 – April 11, 2008
Melvin Livengood
Personal Information
Birthplace: Morrill, KS
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 2nd Armored Div. 41st Infantry
Theater of Operation: European
Enlisted / Commissioned: Dec 22, 1942
Discharged: Feb 17, 1947
Honored By: Nephew Larry Stover
Biography
Decorations: Purple Heart GO 54 4 Dec. 44, World War II Victory Medal , Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal: Battles and Campaigns, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Germany, GO 105 WD 45 Received Purple Heart for wounds received from a land mine explosion on Nov. 16, 1944 near Aachen, Germany.
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