Melvin Loyd Huff was born July 12, 1925 to Kleber Leslie and Florence Irene Chase Huff. He died Jan. 20, 1945 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Cpl. Huff served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was lost on a combat mission to Cape Dom, Weak, northeast of New Guinea. He was a crew member of an A-20 (Havoc) bomber and was declared MIA/FOD. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Cpl. Melvin Loyd Huff has a cenotaph in Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
