MELVIN L. NICKNAME LADDIE BRANT WAS BORN IN SIOUX FALLS ,SD TO OLIVE AND BEE HILL OF WILBER,OREGON IN 1919. HE WAS KILLED IN KOREA JULY 30, 1950 AND IS BURIED IN THE WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN PORTLAND, OR. HE HAD ONE SISTER, LORNA BOYER OF ROSBURG,OR. HE LOVED FLY FISHING THE NORTH UMPQUA RIVER