US PARAS Cassity, Cecil William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cassity ​

• FORENAME

Cecil William​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

38270619 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st September 1944 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Beaver County, Oklahoma​

born 17.11.1921 Balko, Oklahoma, USA​

father Charles Anthony Cassity (1894-1955)​

mother Pansy (nee Schoonover) Cassity (1905-1922)​

4 years high school​

1941 graduated Balko High School​

civil occupation Checkers​

employed by A.A.A., Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

14.02.1942 draft card Balko, Beaver County, Oklahoma​

01.10.1942 entered service Oklahoma City, Oklahoma​

award Bronze Star​

KIA Wylerbaan, Holland ​

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