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Personal info

Full name
ANDREWS, Cecil Melvin
Date of birth
25 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Bloomfield, Knox County, Nebraska
Hometown
Pennington County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37465412
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 47

Immediate family

Members
Burt C. Andrews (father)
Lottie L. Andrews (mother)
Lyle Andrews (brother)
Lester Andrews (brother)
Curtis Andrews (brother)
Burt Andrews (brother)
Dean Andrews (brother)
Gene Andrews (brother)
Fern Andrews (sister)
Loris Andrews (sister)

More information

Cecil Andrews enlisted on 23 November 1942 and was sent overseas on 2 July 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 15 September 1944 and died three days later in a hospital in Belgium

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/