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Personal info

Full name
LARSON, Emmett Leroy
Date of birth
25 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37528605
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 60

Immediate family

Members
Paul O. Larson (father)
Marguerite V. (Welsh) Larson (mother)
Lucile M. Larson (sister)
Paul O. Larson Jr. (brother)
Dorothy M. Larson (wife)
Nancy L. Larson (daughter)
Barbara A. Larson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Emmett L. Larson attended high school for three years and worked as a toolmaker.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 8 June 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his neck.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record / Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Koonce Family Tree