SEALS Dry, Melvin Spence

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dry ​

• FORENAME

Melvin Spence ​

• UNIT

U.S.N. Seal Team 1 ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

052384544 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1972 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia,U.S.A. Section 10 Site 11332 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Kings Point,New York​

born 13.3.1946​

son of Captain Melvin Hultquist Dry,USN(rtd) and Catherine (nee Spence) Dry​

mother was born in Glasgow,Scotland​

4 years service​

killed jumping into sea from helicopter Gulf of Tonkin (op.Thunderhead)​

awarded Bronze Star with V 2008​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 38​

father and mother buried with him ​

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