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Personal info

Full name
EMEOTT, Earl Charles
Date of birth
25 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36978371
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 7 4

Immediate family

Members
James E. Emeott (father)
Lillian M. (Gerow) Emeott (mother)
Betty J. Emeott (sister)
Fred W. Emeott (brother)
Ruth L. Emeott (sister)
Lillian M. Emeott (sister)
Robert W. Emeott (brother)
James D. Emeott (brother)
Jack A. Emeott (brother)
Rita J. (Hathaway) Emeott (wife)
Earl Emeott (son)
Gerald Emeott (son)

More information

Pvt Earl C. Emeott worked in a furniture repair shop when he was enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery blast and debris fragments.

His brother, Pvt Fred W. Emeott, was killed in Italy in February 1944 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem