Melvin was born in 1922. He was the son of Everett Burns. He passed away in 2018.
Sources
"Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL1Z-HWH9 : 18 October 2019), Melvin Burns, ; citing School Enrollment, Texhoma Township, Texas, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm . [Age 6]
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4Q-YLD : accessed 9 November 2020), Melvin D Burns in household of Everett C Burns, Tepee, Texas, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 1A, line 6, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1925; FHL microfilm 2,341,659.
"Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7F-LB1H : 18 October 2019), Melvin Burns, 1934; citing School Enrollment, Texhoma Township, Texas, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKP-RN2 : 6 February 2020), Melvin D Barns in household of Everett P Barns, Tepee Township, Texas, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-25, sheet 1A, line 18, family 5, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3335.
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85L-B9K : 5 December 2014), Melvin D Burns, enlisted 30 Nov 1942, Enid, Oklahoma, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGX-855W : accessed 9 November 2020), Melvin Burns in entry for Earl F Burns, Oklahoma, United States, 19 Mar 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Guymon Daily Herald, born-digital text.
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 November 2020), memorial page for Melvin Douglas Burns (22 Nov 1922–28 Oct 2018), Find A Grave: Memorial #194324203, citing Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA.
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