Melvin Leroy Hedrick
Military
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Object Number - UPL 36983 - Sergeant Melvin L. Hedrick, 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron, receiving a medal.
Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Gates Carey crew. 32 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36163687 / O-49270
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11072652 at enlistment, then O-758621
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Challenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bolo Babe
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Devil's Brat
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: De rumble izer
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1944
- Date: 24 July 1944
- Date: 17 July 1944
- Date: 13 July 1944
- Date: 7 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
7 February 1923 | ||
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 23 January 1943 | Fort Oglethorpe Georgia |
|
Other Promotion |
19 June 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. | |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
30 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
|
Died |
Waverly, TN | 2 September 1989 | |
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Buried |
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Waverly, Humphreys County, TN | 5 September 1989 | Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee |
|
Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/46704959-melvin-l-hedrick
https://www.fold3.com/record/88099503-melvin-l-hedrick
https://www.fold3.com/record/626454238-melvin-hedrick-1923
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1660
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8747225/melvin-leroy-hedrick
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
