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Personal info

Full name
STEMPLE, Cecil Clayton
Date of birth
14 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Ashley, Doddridge County, West Virginia
Hometown
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
O-1320485
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 53

Immediate family

Members
Clyde F. Stemple (father)
Coral M. (Schofield) Stemple (mother)
Theodore E. Stemple (brother)
Vivien M. Stemple (sister)
Clyde F. Stemple (brother)
Mildred E. Stemple (sister)
Hetty H. Stemple (wife)

More information

1st Lt Cecil C. Stemple joined the National Guard in Morgantown, West Virginia on 6 January 1941.

He is also remembered at the Aurora Cemetery in Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Clay Stemple / D. G. Keener