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Personal info

Full name
CHIPLEY, Emmerson William "Buddy"
Date of birth
10 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36049214
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Chipley (father)
Mary (Waters) Chipley (mother)
John Chipley (brother)
Margaret Chipley (sister)
Theresa Chipley (sister)
Eleanor Chipley (sister)
Adeline (Bischo) Chipley (wife)

More information

Pvt Emmerson W. Chipley enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 September 1941.
He worked in manufacture of radios and phonographs before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gerald Boos Family Tree / Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery