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Personal info

Full name
MCGEE, Emery J
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Stephens County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18129713
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 20 9

Immediate family

Members
Sim McGee (father)
Nona (Clark) McGee (mother)
Robert McGee (brother)
William McGee (brother)

More information

Sgt Emery J. McGee was raised in the Goodland Indian Orphanage before he enlisted in March 1942.

He was wounded in action several times during the period that he was in Italy.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

For his actions that day he was awarded with the Bronze Star Medal posthumously.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael beach