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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Cecil Edwin
Date of birth
4 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
Hometown
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34921479
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
North of Dambach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Henry D. Harris (father)
Mary L. (Chapman) Harris (mother)
Ruthie Harris (sister)
Claudia B. Harris (sister)
Henry D. Harris (brother)
Sarah B. Harris (sister)
Lenard Harris (brother)
Earl Harris (brother)
Helen (Lewis) Harris (wife)
William E. Harris (son)

More information

Pfc Cecil E. Harris worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 22 December 1943.

William Harris received confirmation from the U.S. military that his father's remains had been found on 3 September 2013 in a shallow grave, north of Dambach, France.

He was given his final resting place at the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Rhoades Petty Family Tree / 1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel