Cecil E. Harris

World War II
Service #34921479
Unit179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Tennessee
Date of DeathJanuary 2 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Notes

PFC Harris' name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Epinal American Cemetery. His remains were recovered and identified in 2014.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.