James Murray EMERICH

1931 - 1971  (40 years)

• Name	James Murray EMERICH  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1 Jan 1931	Grueti, Grundy, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Age 9, 1940 census, c.1931, TN
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 May 1940	First District, Warren, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	John V. Emerich household
  		1940 U.S. Census - Richison Tennessee. Warren Co. - John V. Emerich (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  Military	Feb 1949  [2, 3]
  	Armor Intelligence Specialist Army, service no. 235483580
  	He served in Korea, Germany, and South Vietnam. He received the Silver and Bronze Stars with oak leaf cluster and the Purple Heart several times. He also received the Army Commendation Medal.
  Died	1 Dec 1971	Fort Riley, Geary, Kansas, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  	d. of Intentionally self inflicted, small arms fire
  		Obituary - Richison James Murray Emerich, 1971
  Funeral	4 Dec 1971	Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [2]
  	Meeks Mortuary
  Buried	4 Dec 1971	Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I16102	richison
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	John Vergin EMERICH,   b. 11 Jul 1880, , , Illinois, USA ,   d. 24 Apr 1957  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ella Blanche SINGLETON,   b. 22 May 1905, Copen, Braxton, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 26 Oct 1990, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Funeral - Meeks Mortuary - 4 Dec 1971 - Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Grave Marker - Emerich James M. Emerich 1931-1971 Plot: Masonic Garden, section d, space 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S1904] 1940 U.S. Census, 22 Mar 2014. 1940 U.S. census, Warren County, Tennessee, population schedule, First District, enumeration district (ED) 89-4, sheet 10B (penned), visitation 189, John V. Emerich household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627: 3943. [S1854] Obituary, 24 Mar 2014. "Deaths and Funerals: Much-Decorated Soldier to Be Buried Saturday," obituary, undated (c.December 1971), from a Muncie, Indiana, newspaper, Sgt. J. M. Emerich; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Avon, Indiana, 2014. [S1865] Cemetery, 16 Aug 2009. James M. Emerich, Masonic Garden, section d, space 2; photographed by Shirley Richison Fields, 12 Aug 2009. [S1869] Deaths, 8 Mar 2014. James Murray Emerich, 1 December 1971, ArmyCasualties.info (http://www.armycasualties, info : accessed 8 March 2014).