Cecil Olsen Olmstead Fuquay was born on December 10, 1918 in Dayton Beach, Florida. A graduate of Palm Beach High School Lt. Fuquay was a member of the famed 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and one of only 13 men prominently mentioned in "The Four Stars of Hell" written by Lawrence Critchell. As described in the book, Lt. Fuquay was killed in the sand dune battle at Eerde, Holland, about 30 miles SW of Arnhem, Holland on Sep. 24, 1944.

The 501st was attached to the 101st Airborne Division during WWII. They made their first jump into Normandy in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. After combat in Normandy, they returned to England to prepare for the jump into Netherlands on September 17, 1944.

He was originally interred in the Netherlands American Cemetery and moved to West Palm Beach, FL in 1949. He was one of the brave American paratroopers of the 501st Inf who liberated the village of Eerde, The Netherlands from German forces in September 1944.

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