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Personal info

Full name
HALL, Cecil Don
Date of birth
8 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Montague, Montague County, Texas
Hometown
Carter County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38566752
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Busbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 18 15

Immediate family

Members
Emory H. Hall (father)
Sara J. (Cable) Hall (mother)
Ola B. Hall (sister)
Loretta (Jackson) Hall (wife)

More information

Pvt Cecil D. Hall enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 28 October 1943.

On the back of the picture, his wife wrote: "This was took the day Don went to Fort Sill. We both look like we were going to a funeral."

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards, Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, Storiesbehindthestars.org