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Date of Passing Feb 25, 1999
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T/5 MELVIN GLENN ARMENTROUT WAS BORN TO ROBERT E. LEE AND EMMA CATHERINE GOOD ARENTROUT IN DAVIS, WV ON 4 SEPTEMBER 1919, HE MARRIED DOROTHY ELLEN GROW, HAD 3 CHILDREN, AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A WELDER. ON 28 JUNE 1944 T/5 ARMENTROUT ENTERED THE SERVICE AND WAS SENT THE EUROPE WITH THE INFANTRY (UNKNOWN UNIT) UNTIL 10 SEPTEMBER 1945. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATES HE SERVED WITH COMPANY A, 8TH BATTALION, 1322ND SERVICE COMMAND UNIT UNTIL HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND ON 6 JANUARY 1946. MELVIN ARMENTROUT PASSED AWAY IN PARSONS, WV ON 25 FEBRUARY 1999. HE WAS LAID TO REST AT THE BETHEL CEMETERY NEAR PARSONS.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
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September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description (Rhineland Campaign 15 September 1944 to 21 March 1945) Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.
