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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Emil Francis
Date of birth
5 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-324866
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Battery,
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Groesbeek, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 22 13

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph E. Meyer (father)
Alice G. (Brooker) Meyer (mother)
Rudolph E. Meyer Jr. (brother)
Alton J. Meyer (brother)
Dorothy L. (Phillips) Meyer (wife)

More information

1st Lt Emil F. Meyer graduated from Bushwick High School and received a Master's degree in forestry from Cornell University in 1937.

The picture shows the three brothers, Alton, Emil and Rudolph in England.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/320/320_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, Berkeley County South Carolina WWII Casualties

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Cornell University 1935 yearbook, newspaper article - courtesy of Kathy McDermott