World War II Honoree

Joseph Clyde Cecil

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lebanon, Kentucky

Honored By

Mary Magdalen Thompson Cecil

Relationship

Wife and 11 Children

STAFF SERGEANT, SERIAL 35461452, MESS SERGEANT FOR 201ST ORDNANCE SUPPLY DEPOT, GENERAL MARK CLARKE'S 5TH ARMY, ARRIVED IN CASABLANCA ON 18 NOVEMBER 1942, ATTACHED TO GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON'S 7TH ARMY IN SICILY, CAMPAIGNS IN SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, CENTRAL EUROPE. WAS IN GERMANY WHEN WAR ENDED, RECEIVED EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 6 BRONZE BATTLE STARS. INDUCTED 8 JULY 1942, ACTIVE DUTY 22 JULY 1942, RECEIVED HONORABLE DISCHARGE 30 SEPTEMBER 1945.