- SURNAME
Emerson
- FORENAME
Dwight Dale
- UNIT
1 Bn (Medical Detachment)
- RANK
Technician Fifth Grade
- NUMBER
36436065
- AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Sangamon County,Illinois
born 2.3.1922 Willeys Station,Illinois
son of Leo and Lucy Emerson
farm hand in civilian life
enlisted 12.11.1942 Peoria,Illinois
WIA 14.3.1944 Burma
farmer
janitor,Sangamon State University until retirement
married Helen Elizabeth Budd 21.11.1945 (1917-2012) (2 sons Robert and Dale,1 daughter Sherry)
last residence New Berlin,Illinois
died 6.8.2010 New Berlin,Illinois
Chatham Memorial Cemetery,Chatham,Sangamon County,Illinois
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