World War II Honoree

Leroy Walton Emerick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

Julie Emerick

Relationship

Wife

SERVED UNDER GENERAL MARK CLARK'S 5TH ARMY, 31ST INFANTRY DIVISION, FROM NORTH AFRICA THROUGH ANZIO BEACH, ITALY. RECEIVED EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 3 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION IN ITALY, WHERE HIS UNIT WAS CUT OFF, BUT NOT CAPTURED. HE WAS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.