Name:
James Lilton Emory
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
33631942
Unit:
194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-12-12
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge Englan
Plot:
F
Row:
5
Grave:
124
Decoration:
Comments:
James Lilton Emory was born on January 14, 1925 in Waverly, Sussex County, Virginia. He served in the Private during World War II. James was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom at the age of 19.