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Personal info

Full name
WESTHAFER, Paul Melvin
Date of birth
25 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33148485
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
C Company,
17th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 87

Immediate family

Members
Wilbur C. Westhafer (father)
Helen B. (King) Westhafer (mother)
Charles L. Westhafer (brother)
James C. Westhafer (brother)
Merrill W. Westhafer (brother)
Ruth S. Westhafer (sister)
Mildred V. Westhafer (sister)
Evelyn L. Westhafer (sister)
Harold W. Westhafer (brother)
Keith E. Westhafer (brother)
Carl L. Westhafer (brother)
Gladys V. Westhafer (sister)
Richard L. Westhafer (brother)
Graces (Sellers) Westhafer (wife)

More information

Cpl Paul M. Westhafer was a brakeman with the railroad company.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 6 February 1942.

He was married to Grace Sellers on 10 March 1944.

Six of his brothers also served in the Army and U.S. Navy.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph 6 October 1944, www.7tharmddiv.org - William Brill