United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Seaman Melvin Douglas Seagraves served in the U.S. Navy. Melvin served aboard USS TRIPOLI LPH 10. Melvin served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Melvin was 21 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Drowning
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
USS TRIPOLI, TF 76, 7TH FLEET
SN: Seaman
SEAMAN
LUBBOCK, TX
1972
Pay grade E03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-046471.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
3
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Melvin Douglas Seagraves
Seaman
U.S. Navy
- 1972
USS Tripoli (LPH-10)
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