On May 19, 1943, Lieutenant Melvin Lafayette Hatch, age 40, of the Salt Lake City Fire Department, made the ultimate sacrifice alongside Firefighters Theron D. Johnson and Harry Christensen while battling a fire at the Victory Theater.
He was the son of John and Emma Hatch and survived by his wife Maude Rowena McClain.
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