Melvin Leon Daiss

Military

Member of Bullard crew

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grant, Nebraska 17 August 1923
Sacramento, CA 30 June 1942 716 23rd Street

Enlisted

Denver, CO 18 March 1943

Died

Reno, NV 6 February 1995

Buried

Fernley, Nevada 9 February 1995 Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Fernley, Lyon County, Nevada, USA Plot Section 2B 363

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia