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LORD, Emory Leroy - Date of
birth
18 December 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Eldorado, Dorchester County, Maryland -
Hometown
Eldorado, Dorchester County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33719197 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Medical Aidman -
Unit
224th Airborne Medical Company,
17th Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 March 1945 - Place of
death
Brünen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 9 | 27 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James H. Lord (father)
Celia E. Lord (mother)
William J. Lord (brother)
Percy M. Lord (brother)
Mary A. (McHale) Lord (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
unknown -
Data
unknown
More information
T/5 Emory L. Lord enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 3 April 1943.T/5 Lord was a passenger of the CG-4A glider with serialnumber 43-41136 with destination Wesel, Germany.
Of the two crew members and three passengers, only the crew survived.
The glider carried a jeep and three members of the 224th Airborne Medical Company as passengers. According to the pilot, the glider was shot out of control and was fired upon all the way to the ground by machine gun fire, hitting the gas cans of the jeep, causing a fire. He managed to crash land. All passengers were killed in the air. The glider was practically demolished in the air. He was told by a German medic, doctor, that he had picked up three soldiers dead in the glider and took their dog tags.
T/5 Lord is remembered aht the Eldorado Methodist Church Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Wanda White