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EMERY, James Robert - Date of
birth
18 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
The Covina Hospital, Covina, Los Angeles County, California -
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36947071 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Ammunition Bearer -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division,
3rd Platoon
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 April 1945 - Place of
death
Northern riverbank of the Rhine at Hitdorf-am-Rhein
Hitdorf-am-Rhein, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 18 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
John R. Emery (father)
Eva M. (Havens) Emery (mother)
John W. Emery (brother)
Coral Ann Emery (sister)
Biography
www.freewebs.com/a504More information
"We got to the far bank at Hitdorf and landed right on a minefield. One of my ammunition bearers, James Emery, was killed in that field. That was my first experience with a man crying for his mother in the middle of the night, and this close. It was the most heartbreaking experience you ever heard. You heard the man crying for his mother and his arms and legs were already gone. He moved around on a couple of more mines and that ended it."Leonhard Keck in an interview with Frank van Lunteren, November 2005.
Source of information: Frank van Lunteren, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / 1940 Census
Photo source: Dennis en Gerda Hermsen, www.ancestry.com - Amanda Roberts Family Tree