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Melvan E Garton 1919 - 2009

Melvan Eugene Garton of Newport, Lincoln County, OR was born on August 31, 1919, and died at age 89 years old on April 2, 2009. Melvan Garton was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section COL-4 Row 312 Site D 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Melvan Eugene Garton
Newport, Lincoln County, OR 97365
August 31, 1919
April 2, 2009
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  • 08/31
    1919

    Birthday

    August 31, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Lincoln County, Oregon United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: SMSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea Military serial#: 19175547 Enlisted: December 11, 1945 in Mccook Aaf Nebraska Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Staff Sergeant, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 04/2
    2009

    Death

    April 2, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section COL-4 Row 312 Site D 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1919, in the year that Melvan E Garton was born, in Norfolk Virginia, the first rotary dial telephones were introduced by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), making it easier to make a call without an operator.
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In 1945, this person was 26 years old when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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