Melvin Lee Barnes, Sr., rescued Kevin L. Stangle, Jr., from burning, Funkstown, Maryland, November 15, 1980. The pickup truck that Stangle, 21, was driving overturned onto its side and caught fire. As flames spread into the cab, Stangle opened the door which was then above him and stood up with his upper torso through the opening. Barnes, 52, senior mechanical engineer, ran to the pickup, grasped Stangle under the armpits, and lifted him out of the truck, which soon afterward was engulfed in flames. Barnes rolled Stangle on the ground and patted out flames on his attire. Stangle was hospitalized for extensive burns; Barnes sustained minor hand burns.
57522-6550Melvin Lee Barnes, Sr.
Hagerstown, MD