US PARAS High, Emery Millford

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

High​

• FORENAME

Emery Millford​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

33492999​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st February 1945​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Tablets of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.08.1921 Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Edgar Forrest High (1888-1973)​

mother Ella Ruth (nee Snyder) High (1891-1960)​

3 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled construction machinery operators​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided Rd #2, Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (draft card)​

16.02.1942 draft card Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania​

28.11.1942 entered service Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​

MIA Corregidor Island, Philippines​

body not recovered​

awarded Bronze Star Medal​

Allenwood Cemetery, Allenwood, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA (Memorial stone)​