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Personal info

Full name
BAECHLER, Cecil Joseph
Date of birth
15 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado
Hometown
South Fossil Creek, Larimer County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38149156
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Maziéres-lés-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 5 19

Immediate family

Members
Albert J. Baechler (father)
Barbara H. (Emanuel) Baechler (mother)
Mary F. Baechler (sister)
Elnora C. Baechler (sister)
Helen H. Baechler (sister)
Louis P. Baechler (brother)
Henry V. Baechler (brother)
Rose A. Baechler (sister)
Lawrence A. Baechler (brother)
Lauretta Baechler (sister)
Francis D. Baechler (brother)
Alice R. Baechler (sister)
Hazel R. (Hampel) Baechler (wife)
Cecil J. Baechler Jr (son)

More information

S/Sgt Cecil J. Baechler worked on a farm before he enlisted on 29 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dirkschneider Batenhorst Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Sherrydon Turner, www.ancestry.com – Mccorak, Fort Collins Coloradoan - 14 January 1943