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Pfc. Cecil Cavendar Husfelt

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Pfc. Cecil Cavendar Husfelt Veteran

Birth
North East, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
Death
25 Jul 1944 (aged 31)
La Chapelle-en-Juger, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 49.3591309, Longitude: -0.855018
Plot
Section A ~ Row 5 ~ Grave 21
Memorial ID
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Cecil, who resided at Route 1, Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class with Company B, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, First Army, U.S. Army during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on May 13, 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and as being Single, without dependents.

He was "Killed In Action" at La Chapelle-en-Jugar near St. Lo, France.

He had served in the Army for two years and two months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Purple Heart.

Service # 32267557

Son of Alridge B. Husfelt and Margaret E. McCall Husfelt.

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )
Cecil, who resided at Route 1, Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class with Company B, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, First Army, U.S. Army during World War II.

He enlisted in the Army on May 13, 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and as being Single, without dependents.

He was "Killed In Action" at La Chapelle-en-Jugar near St. Lo, France.

He had served in the Army for two years and two months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Purple Heart.

Service # 32267557

Son of Alridge B. Husfelt and Margaret E. McCall Husfelt.

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Delaware.



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  • Maintained by: Russ Pickett
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56645884/cecil_cavendar-husfelt: accessed ), memorial page for Pfc. Cecil Cavendar Husfelt (22 Feb 1913–25 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56645884, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Russ Pickett (contributor 46575736).