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Personal info

Full name
MOLLETT, Delbert Cecil
Date of birth
5 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cabell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Cabell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35242332
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Harvey D. Mollet (father)
Ida (May) Mollett (mother)
Lindsey Mollett (brother)
Leonard C. Mollett (brother)
Clarona Mollett (sister)
Fred Mollett (brother)
Sylvia Mollett (sister)
Hester Mollett (sister)
Arnold Mollett (brother)
Thelma Mollett (sister)
Daisy (Lahorn) Mollett (wife)

More information

Pvt Delbert Mollett enlisted at Camp Fannin, Texas on 31 January 1944. He attended Wayne County Schools.

The remains of Pvt Mollet were found in Germeter en initially registered as Unknown X-4503. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and could be identified at the identification facilities.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots / 1920 Census, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Jac Engels, World War II Young American Patriots