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Personal info

Full name
EMERY, Lindley Jay
Date of birth
18 January 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Crawford County, Kansas
Hometown
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36441924
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Near Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 26 38

Immediate family

Members
Silas J. Emery (father)
Francis C. (Strong) Emery (mother)
Thomas D. Emery (brother)
Marjorie M. Emery (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Lindley J. Emery attended high school for 4 years and enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 6 January 1943.

He is remembered at the Graceland Cemetery in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Doug Strong Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Marge
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review Illinois 5 April 1945, www.findagrave.com - Kpet