Hospitalman Melvin Windham is buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.

According to Findagrave.com:

On May 09, 1968, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, was the point company in a battalion-sized operation pursuing North Vietnamese Army elements that had threatened the Marine combat base at Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam. Advancing from a night defensive position northwest of the Marine base, Delta Company moved out along the center of a low gully in a westerly direction. As the company pushed forward, a heavy volume of automatic weapons fire was received from NVA units concealed in fortified positions. In addition to their many machine gun bunkers, the NVA used both rockets and mortars to harass the movement of the Marines attempting to return fire. Delta Company was reinforced by Charlie Company during the assault, and Bravo Company with tanks provided a base of fire. The attack continued, and with the help of the tanks, the NVA were pushed out of the ville. The battalion and Delta Company recovered casualties and took night defensive positions around the ville. The night was long with the crying of village women and the silhouette of the dead Marines gathered together waiting for daybreak and their helicopter flight back to Dong Ha. During the engagement, the battalion suffered 22 Marines and 2 Navy Corpsman killed and many more wounded. One of the Two corpsman was HN Melvin Windham who was killed in action and died outright from hostile small arms fire while treating wounded marines in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.

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