MELVIN  KENNETH  ATWELL

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Deceased
Rate/Rank
 LT
Service Branch
USN 00/1939 - 3/1943
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR
Born
 07/17/1909
VIRGINIA
NAVAL AVIATOR LOST AT SEA, ON A FLIGHT FROM OAHU, HAWAII TO SAN DIEGO IT CAME IN A SPIRAL TOWARDS SEA ON 5 MARCH, 1943.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
PATROL SQUADRON VP-91 "BLACK CATS"
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL 
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL 
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL