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Personal info

Full name
PACK, Emil Millard
Date of birth
1 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Lincoln County, West Virginia
Hometown
Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35203810
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 12 31

Immediate family

Members
Leslie M. Pack (father)
Effie L. (Dent) Pack (mother)
Okey D. Pack (brother)
Shirley Pack (sister)

More information

Pfc Emil M. Pack attended high school for three years and worked as a tool sharpener and dresser.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 9 April 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire artillery shell fragments in the leg.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone & Interment Record / WWII Hospital Admission Card File, www.65thdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com – Family tree