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Roscoe C Melling 1922 - 1992

Roscoe C Melling of Caseyville, Saint Clair County, IL was born on July 30, 1922, and died at age 70 years old on October 4, 1992. Roscoe Melling was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section CC Site 546 2900 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis, Mo.
Roscoe C Melling
Caseyville, Saint Clair County, IL 62232
July 30, 1922
October 4, 1992
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  • 07/30
    1922

    Birthday

    July 30, 1922
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/4
    1992

    Death

    October 4, 1992
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section CC Site 546 2900 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis, Mo 63125
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In 1922, in the year that Roscoe C Melling was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1960, at the age of 38 years old, Roscoe was alive when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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