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About S1c John Russell Melton
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class John R. Melton, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 1, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Melton was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48), which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo hits, but timely counter-flooding measures taken by the crew prevented it from capsizing, and it came to rest on the shallow harbor floor. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 106 crewmen, including S1 Melton.
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S1c John Russell Melton's Timeline
| 1918 |
February 7, 1918
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| 1941 |
December 7, 1941
Age 23
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