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Personal info

Full name
MCNEMAR, Henry Alton
Date of birth
27 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi
Hometown
Percy, Washington County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34132889
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Rémabois Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 10

Immediate family

Members
Hiram A. McNemar (father)
Jane (Cockrell) McNemar (mother)
William W. McNemar (brother)
Ola M. McNemar (sister)
Willie F. McNemar (brother)
Leonard P. McNemar (brother)
Inez O. McNemar (sister)
Julius A. McNemar (brother)
Minnie N. (Cleveland) McNemar (wife)
Joyce McNemar (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Henry A. McNemar attended high school for four years and was a post office clerk before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 23 August 1941.
Col Thacher Nelson, Commanding Officer of the 324th, and two other men, stepped into an unmarked mine field setting off an explosion. Col Thacher was instantly killed and the other two severely wounded. S/Sgt Henry A. McNemar willed in action when he rushed to give aid to the above three and also stepped on a mine and lost his life. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Joyce McNemar Taylor, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Cleveland Brown Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Wendy Storm Quong