Rank and Name, Private First Class Emmit Luther Neal.
Unit/Placed in, 2ndBattalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Emmit is born approx. on 1922 in Kentucky.
Father, Rhoton A. Neal.
Mother, Leona (Pruitt) Neal.
Sister(s), Dora J. Neal.
Brother(s), Hubert L. Neal.
Emmit enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 356347.
Emmit died of his wounds sustained during the landing on Peleliu on Sep. 18, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Emmit is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
