Buel Lee Melton
from Tulia,Swisher County,Texas
Technical Sergeant (36008913)
Service Company
born 8.3.1909 Lorena,Oklahoma
son of Robert Lee and Ada Savilla (nee Savage) Melton
cook in civilian life
entered service 13.1.1942 Fort Sheridan,Illinois
discharged 31.10.1945 Camp Grant,Illinois
died 24.10.1983 Tulia,Texas
Rose Hill Cemetery,Tulia,Swisher County,Texas
information from his great niece Kimberly (Kim) Horne
Buel Lee Melton was born in Lorena, Oklahoma 8 Mar 1909. He was the son of Robert Lee Melton and Ada Savage Melton and one of 13 children. He moved with his family from Oklahoma to the Texas panhandle in about 1923. He was first married to Helen S. Clemens in about 1928, she was the niece of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). He was divorced from Helen Clemens about 1938, and married Vencie
photo source Eric Morgensen
