Melvin Lee Crain was born on 25 June 1923, the son of John T. Crain and Sarah J .Hicks. He was married to Mary Sarah Elizabeth Webb and father of Shirley Christine Crain and Margie Lee Crain who was born in May 1946.. He died of injuries 2 April 1946
Buried at Big Creek Cemetery near Madisonville, TN
Private First Class
US Army, Company N
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, April 6, 1946
Relatives of Pfc. Melvin Lee Crain, 22, formerly of Monroe County, have been informed that he was killed in an automobile wreck near Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, last Tuesday. Details were not given. Pfc. Crain has been in the Army nine months, and was to have returned to Monroe and Knox Counties this week for a furlough before going overseas. His wife, Mrs. Marry Webb Crain, and a year-old daughter, Shirley Christine, live in Madisonville. Funeral services were to be held today at Big Creek Baptist Church, Monroe County,
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 25 June 1923
- Date of death: 2 April 1946
- County: Monroe
- Hometown: Madisonville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Big Creek Cemetery near Madisonville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Top Panel
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