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Personal info

Full name
MAYHLE, Cecil Wellington
Date of birth
16 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cecil, Taylor County, West Virginia
Hometown
Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33674084
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimsdorf, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 47 15

Immediate family

Members
Caleb C. Mayhle (father)
Mary O. (Mayle) Mayhle (mother)
Arthur Mayhle (brother)
Lawton B. Mayhle (brother)
Felix L. Mayhle (brother)
Mary M. Mayhle (sister)
Caleb E. Mayhle (brother)
Marjorie Mayhle (sister)
Sarah F. Mayhle (sister)
Ruth Mayhle (sister)
Lorraine W. (Haynes) Mayhle (wife)

More information

Pfc Cecil W. Mayhle was married to Lorraine Wanda Haynes on 27 June 1942.

He enlisted in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on 7 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 / Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Major M.