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SSGT CECIL I. STATTS
1920-1945
SSGT Cecil I. STAATS enlisted on July 27, 1940 at Fort Des Moines during World War II, serving with the U.S. Army, Company L, 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry
Division. S SGT STAATS was K.I.A. January 26, 1945 at Santa Margarita, Samar, Philippine Islands when going to the aid of
another soldier during Task Force 58-A. S SGT was awarded posthumously the
Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart,
American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Bronze
Service Star for the Leyte Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, and the Honorable
Service Lapel Button. Interment was made at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Iowa.
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