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Pvt Major Melvin Dotson Jr.

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Pvt Major Melvin Dotson Jr.

Birth
Death
10 May 1945 (aged 19)
Burial
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec W, no. 17488.
Memorial ID
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He was a World War II casualty, from the First Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa - Ryukyu Retto.

He was disinterred from Okinawa and brought back home to be reburied. The actual date of his re-interment in Vicksburg National Cemetery was 23 March 1949.

He is buried in Section W, Plot 17488 (This information source: U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 for Major M Dotson II).

He was the son of Major M. Dotson, Sr. and Mildred Dotson, of Rankin, Mississippi.

Information provided by Long Ago and Yesterday, member #47122640.

He was a World War II casualty, from the First Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa - Ryukyu Retto.

He was disinterred from Okinawa and brought back home to be reburied. The actual date of his re-interment in Vicksburg National Cemetery was 23 March 1949.

He is buried in Section W, Plot 17488 (This information source: U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 for Major M Dotson II).

He was the son of Major M. Dotson, Sr. and Mildred Dotson, of Rankin, Mississippi.

Information provided by Long Ago and Yesterday, member #47122640.


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Pvt US Marine Corps/World War II



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  • Created by: Joel Manuel
  • Added: Nov 3, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8055457/major_melvin-dotson: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Major Melvin Dotson Jr. (19 Apr 1926–10 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8055457, citing Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Joel Manuel (contributor 46494625).