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Pvt Melville Bates “Mel” Eaton
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Pvt Melville Bates “Mel” Eaton Veteran

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Feb 1943 (aged 22)
At Sea
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing: USMC Panel
Memorial ID
View Source
Service # 390960.

He entered the Service from Massachusetts
Melville was a Private in the United States Marine Corps. He died aboard the USS Henry R. Mallory, en route to Liverpool. The ship was torpedoed and sunk on February 7, 1943, with great loss of life.
He was awarded a Purple Heart. Missing in Action.
Service # 390960.

He entered the Service from Massachusetts
Melville was a Private in the United States Marine Corps. He died aboard the USS Henry R. Mallory, en route to Liverpool. The ship was torpedoed and sunk on February 7, 1943, with great loss of life.
He was awarded a Purple Heart. Missing in Action.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Massachusetts.



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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289421/melville_bates-eaton: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Melville Bates “Mel” Eaton (14 Apr 1920–7 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56289421, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).