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CPL Paul Melvin Westhafer

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CPL Paul Melvin Westhafer

Birth
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Sep 1944 (aged 25)
Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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CPL. Westhafer, Paul Melvin
Service number: 33148485

Age: 25
Born: May 25, 1919, Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Family:
Wilbur Chester Westhafer (father)
Helen Blanche (nee King) Westhafer (mother)
Charles Leroy Westhafer (brother)
James Calvin Westhafer (brother)
Merrill W Westhafer (brother)
Ruth Sarah Westhafer/Capp (sister)
Mildred Viola Westhafer/McCreary (sister)
Evelyn L Westhafer (sister)
Carl Lester Westhafer (brother)
Harold Wayne Westhafer (brother)
Keith Elwood Westhafer (brother)
Gladys Virginia Westhafer/Johnson (sister)
Richard Lee Westhafer (brother)
Grace (nee Sellers) Westhafer (wife) married March 10, 1944

Rank: Corporal
Function: Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: September 19, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: 1 mile west of Sillegny

Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Plot C, Row 16, Grave 87
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: February 6, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Other information :
CPL. Westhafer, Paul Melvin
Service number: 33148485

Age: 25
Born: May 25, 1919, Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Family:
Wilbur Chester Westhafer (father)
Helen Blanche (nee King) Westhafer (mother)
Charles Leroy Westhafer (brother)
James Calvin Westhafer (brother)
Merrill W Westhafer (brother)
Ruth Sarah Westhafer/Capp (sister)
Mildred Viola Westhafer/McCreary (sister)
Evelyn L Westhafer (sister)
Carl Lester Westhafer (brother)
Harold Wayne Westhafer (brother)
Keith Elwood Westhafer (brother)
Gladys Virginia Westhafer/Johnson (sister)
Richard Lee Westhafer (brother)
Grace (nee Sellers) Westhafer (wife) married March 10, 1944

Rank: Corporal
Function: Gunner
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: September 19, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: 1 mile west of Sillegny

Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

Grave number: Plot C, Row 16, Grave 87
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France

Date of enlistment: February 6, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
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