Killed in action during the Korean Campaign;the body of Cpl.Melvin Watkins;son of Mr.and Mrs.Albert Watkins;414 May street;Belle Vernon;is due to arrive home for burial Monday afternoon;Oct.25;1954. The Department of Defense in an official telegram notified Mr.Watkins as follows: Remains of Corporal Melvin Watkins;U.S.Army;escorted by Master Sergeant Willard Tillman;departing Jersey City Monday;October 25;arriving in West Newton Baltimore and Ohio station Oct.25 at 4:44 p.m. The body will be received there and removed to the Toner Funeral Home;North Belle Vernon. Cpl.Watkin’s body was found in a fox-hole where he had been killed by enemy fire. The remains were temporarily interred in Korea and have just recently reached the Jersey City clearing center. Surviving are his father;Albert Watkins;two sisters;Kathryn and Margaret;both at home;three brothers;Raymond;Albert;Jr.and Robert;all of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received at the Antioch Baptist Church;Henry street;Belle Vernon;beginning at 1 p.m.Tuesday;Oct.26. Funeral services will be held from there;Thursday;Oct.28;at 11 a.m.;with Rev.A.C.Morris officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion;Joseph H.Ford Post 691;Monessen;and the Belle Vernon Post 659;American Legion. Interment will follow in Soldiers Memorial Plot;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;Broad avenue;Belle Vernon;funeral director.