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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Captain Melvin Rupert Ellis served in the U.S. Air Force. Melvin served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Melvin was 39 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Kien Hoa
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
308TH TAC FTR SQDN, 3RD TAC FTR WING, 7TH AF
1115: Pilot
KIEN HOA
1966
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Section
P
Grave
1857
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Melvin Rupert Ellis
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 1966
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