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Personal info

Full name
EMERY, Albert Wilfred
Date of birth
30 September 1908
Age
34
Place of birth
Spaulding, Greeley County, Nebraska
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
06245362
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
15 February 1943
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Bert J. Emery (father)
Elsie M (Crosby) Emery (mother)
Louise M. Emery (stepmother)
Ralph Emery (brother)
Joseph Emery (half brother)
William Emery (half brother)
Lewis Emery (half brother)
Esther Emery (half sister)
Raphael E. Emery (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23783
Data
Type: B-24D-5-CO

More information

T/Sgt Albert W. Emery had been overseas for seven months when he went missing. He had been in the army six years prior to Pearl Harbor.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.usaafdata.com, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card, The Grand Island Daily Independent - 10 August 1943

Photo source: FOHF, The Grand Island Daily Independent - 10 August 1943