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background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Melvin Earl Biddle</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Bud</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-11-28</span>)</span>November 28, 1923<br /><a href="/wiki/Daleville,_Indiana" title="Daleville, Indiana">Daleville, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 16, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-12-16)</span> (aged 87)<br /><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Indiana" title="Anderson, Indiana">Anderson, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Place of burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">Memorial Park Cemetery, 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data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Star">Bronze Star</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/30px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/45px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/60px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Melvin Earl "Bud" Biddle</b> (November 28, 1923 – December 16, 2010) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>—for his actions in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melvin_E._Biddle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biddle was born on November 28, 1923, in <a href="/wiki/Daleville,_Indiana" title="Daleville, Indiana">Daleville, Indiana</a>, to Owen J. and Blanche Olive (Bowen) Biddle. He had two brothers, Ralph and Lee, and three sisters, Marie, Carolyn, and Eileen.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A lifelong resident of the area, Biddle attended elementary school in Daleville and graduated from Anderson High School in nearby <a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Indiana" title="Anderson, Indiana">Anderson, Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prbiddle_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prbiddle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked for <a href="/wiki/Delco_Remy" class="mw-redirect" title="Delco Remy">Delco Remy</a> in Anderson until being drafted into the U.S. Army in January 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melvin_E._Biddle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By December 23, 1944, Biddle was serving in Europe as a <a href="/wiki/Private_first_class" title="Private first class">private first class</a> in Company B of the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/517th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)">517th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>; which was attached to the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a> at the time. On that day and the following day during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>, near Soy, Belgium (now a <a href="/wiki/Deelgemeente" title="Deelgemeente">deelgemeente</a> of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89rez%C3%A9e" title="Érezée">Érezée</a>), he <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnoitered</a> the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> lines alone, killed three enemy <a href="/wiki/Sniper" title="Sniper">snipers</a>, and silenced four hostile machine gun emplacements.<sup id="cite_ref-citation_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citation-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, he was wounded in the neck by shrapnel which just missed his <a href="/wiki/Jugular_vein" title="Jugular vein">jugular vein</a>. After recovering in England for several weeks, he headed back to his unit and on the way learned through an article in <i><a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)">Stars and Stripes</a></i> that he would be awarded the Medal of Honor.<sup id="cite_ref-collier_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collier-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his actions during the battle near Soy, Biddle was awarded the Medal of Honor at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> on October 30, 1945, by President <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Harry Truman</a>. When presenting the medal to Biddle, Truman whispered "People don't believe me when I tell them that I'd rather have one of these than be President."<sup id="cite_ref-collier_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collier-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biddle was later promoted to <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a>. In addition to the Medal of Honor, he also received the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Star">Bronze Star</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wp20101221_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp20101221-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_and_personal_life">Later years and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melvin_E._Biddle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later years and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 1, 1946, Biddle married his childhood sweetheart, Leona Elsie Allen. The couple had two daughters, Elissa and Marsha.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving the military, Biddle returned to Indiana and worked for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Department of Veterans Affairs</a>. He helped distribute loans and benefits to veterans for 26 years until his retirement. He also served on the Anderson City Council.<sup id="cite_ref-wp20101221_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp20101221-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biddle rarely spoke of his Medal of Honor action. He gave occasional interviews and appeared at events honoring veterans but preferred to lead a more private life.<sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp20101221_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp20101221-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was an avid golfer and a member of the local <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> post.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-is20101218_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-is20101218-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biddle died of <a href="/wiki/Congestive_heart_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Congestive heart failure">congestive heart failure</a> on December 16, 2010, at Saint John's Medical Center in Anderson following a sudden illness.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wp20101221_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp20101221-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aged 87 at his death, he was buried in Anderson's Memorial Park Cemetery on December 20.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biddle's family requested that his funeral be free of military observances for their beliefs as <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death date was the 66th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, in which he earned the Medal of Honor, and he was Indiana's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-hb20101217_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-is20101218_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-is20101218-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medal_of_Honor_citation">Medal of Honor citation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melvin_E._Biddle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medal of Honor citation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biddle's official Medal of Honor citation reads: </p> <blockquote><p>He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy near Soy, Belgium, on 23 and 24 December 1944. Serving as lead scout during an attack to relieve the enemy-encircled town of <a href="/wiki/Hotton" title="Hotton">Hotton</a>, he aggressively penetrated a densely wooded area, advanced 400 yards until he came within range of intense enemy rifle fire, and within 20 yards of enemy positions killed 3 snipers with unerring marksmanship. Courageously continuing his advance an additional 200 yards, he discovered a hostile machine-gun position and dispatched its 2 occupants. He then located the approximate position of a well-concealed enemy machine-gun nest, and crawling forward threw <a href="/wiki/Hand_grenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand grenade">hand grenades</a> which killed two Germans and fatally wounded a third. After signaling his company to advance, he entered a determined line of enemy defense, coolly and deliberately shifted his position, and shot 3 more enemy soldiers. Undaunted by enemy fire, he crawled within 20 yards of a machine-gun nest, tossed his last hand grenade into the position, and after the explosion charged the emplacement firing his rifle. When night fell, he scouted enemy positions alone for several hours and returned with valuable information which enabled our attacking infantry and armor to knock out 2 enemy tanks. At daybreak he again led the advance and, when flanking elements were pinned down by enemy fire, without hesitation made his way toward a hostile machine-gun position and from a distance of 50 yards killed the crew and 2 supporting riflemen. The remainder of the enemy, finding themselves without automatic weapon support, fled panic stricken. Pfc. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heraldbulletin.com/obituaries/x1531219891/Melvin-E-Bud-Biddle">the original</a> on December 22, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Herald+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+Melvin+E.+%27Bud%27+Biddle&rft.date=2010-12-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fheraldbulletin.com%2Fobituaries%2Fx1531219891%2FMelvin-E-Bud-Biddle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMelvin+E.+Biddle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hb20101217-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hb20101217_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichey2010" class="citation news cs1">Richey, Rodney (December 17, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163937/http://heraldbulletin.com/obituaries/x1531219938/Melvin-Biddle-Reluctant-hero">"Melvin Biddle: Reluctant hero"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Herald_Bulletin" title="The Herald Bulletin">The Herald Bulletin</a></i>. 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