LIEUTENANT JOHN TILLMAN MELVIN WAR MEMORIAL

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF SELMA TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM OF LIEUTENANT JOHN TILLMAN MELVIN UNITED STATES NAVY, R.F. BORN SELMA, ALABAMA OCT. 16, 1887 AMONG THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER AND THE FIRST NAVAL OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION IN OUR WAR WITH GERMANY. LOST HIS LIFE BY A TORPEDO FROM A GERMAN SUBMARINE WHILE ABOARD THE U.S. SHIP ALCEDO OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE NOV. 5, 1917. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY MIGHT LIVE.

Location

Address: 105 LAUDERDALE STREET

City: SELMA

State: Alabama

Zip Code: 36701

Details

Memorial Type: War Memorials

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Year Dedicated:

Photograph By: TIM & RENDA CARR

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