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ARMSTRONG, Emile Isaiah - Date of
birth
5 July 1912 -
Age
32 -
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana -
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Ethnicity
African American
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35873726 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
761st Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Morville-lès-Vic, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 16 | 60 |
Immediate family
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Members
John Armstrong (father)
Pearl (Jones) Armstrong (mother)
Cora Armstrong (sister)
Mary Armstrong (sister)
Allen Armstrong (brother)
John Armstrong Jr. (brother)
Fannie Armstrong (sister)
Buelah Armstrong (sister)
Jessie Armstrong (sister)
Thelma F. Armstrong (sister)
Alice F. Armstrong (sister)
Gertrude (Ray) Armstrong (wife)
Gloria M. Armstrong (daughter)
More information
Emile Armstrong was a cook.He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 9 August 1943.
On 9 November, C Company ran into an antitank ditch near Morville. The German 11th Panzer Division began to knock out seven tanks one by one down the line.
After the company commander, Capt McHenry, gave the order to dismount, several men were killed by shell fire and small arms when they crawled through the freezing muddy waters of the ditch.
The men of the 761st who were killed during the liberation of Morville-lès-Vic are remembered on a monument at the Rue Principale, just outside the village.
The 761st Tank Battalion was the first African American armored unit to see combat and apart from some officers consisted entirely of African American soldiers.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, wwiiregistry.abmc.gov / www.ancestry.com / History of the 761st TB, www.abmc.gov,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com / Le Républicain Lorrain