VETERAN
Melvin Joe Stancik
February 28, 1938 – March 14, 2021
Lived 83 years
Lakeside Cemetery · Eagle Lake, Texas
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1938
Born February 28
1939
Melvin was 1 when World War II began in Europe
1944
Melvin was 6 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1951
Melvin was 13 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1963
Melvin was 25 when Texan Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president
1975
Melvin was 37 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1981
Melvin was 43 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Melvin was 60 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Melvin was 67 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Melvin was 72 when Instagram was launched
2020
Melvin was 82 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2021
Passed away March 14, age 83
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