Parents: Agnes and Myles Henry Emerick, Sr
Siblings: Marie, Alice and Joan
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USMM
Service No: Z 302557
Entered the service from New Jersey
The 1940 US Census for Park Ridge, NJ shows Myles, age 16, living at home with his parents and three sisters. Three years later, Mar 1943, he is on an American merchant ship, the SS John Sargeant, as it arrives in New York from Gibraltar. According to the crew list, he is an 18 year old assistant cook with one year of service at sea. He was discharged from the John Sargeant and signed on the SS Aquarius, which departed New York for Liverpool in April 1943.
The SS John Bascom arrived in New York from New Orleans on Aug 8 1943, and on the 18th Mr. Emerick signed on as a Steward. The ship left New York on Sep 9, 1943, bound for Liverpool, and returned to NY on Oct 15th. On the crew list for the return trip, Mr. Emerick's name is lined through with the notation "Died at Liverpool Sept. 24, 1943".
From: American Foreign Service, REPORT ON THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Date and Place: Sept 24, 1943, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, England
Cause of Death: shown by death certificate as "Fracture of the base of the skull with injury to the brain caused by falling from a gangway whilst going aboard a ship ..."
Remarks: "The deceased was a member of the crew of an American steamship..."
Mr. Emerick was buried at Cambridge American Cemetery on Sep 29, 1943
Although Myles Henry Emerick's death was not caused by direct enemy action, he was a member of the crew of an American merchant ship during the war, at a time and place when/where German u-boats were sinking American and Allied ships almost at will. He put his young life on the line every time he signed onto a ship and crossed the Atlantic, and he surely knew the odds against his returning home. He, too, was a hero and it is fitting that he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.
Siblings: Marie, Alice and Joan
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USMM
Service No: Z 302557
Entered the service from New Jersey
The 1940 US Census for Park Ridge, NJ shows Myles, age 16, living at home with his parents and three sisters. Three years later, Mar 1943, he is on an American merchant ship, the SS John Sargeant, as it arrives in New York from Gibraltar. According to the crew list, he is an 18 year old assistant cook with one year of service at sea. He was discharged from the John Sargeant and signed on the SS Aquarius, which departed New York for Liverpool in April 1943.
The SS John Bascom arrived in New York from New Orleans on Aug 8 1943, and on the 18th Mr. Emerick signed on as a Steward. The ship left New York on Sep 9, 1943, bound for Liverpool, and returned to NY on Oct 15th. On the crew list for the return trip, Mr. Emerick's name is lined through with the notation "Died at Liverpool Sept. 24, 1943".
From: American Foreign Service, REPORT ON THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Date and Place: Sept 24, 1943, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, England
Cause of Death: shown by death certificate as "Fracture of the base of the skull with injury to the brain caused by falling from a gangway whilst going aboard a ship ..."
Remarks: "The deceased was a member of the crew of an American steamship..."
Mr. Emerick was buried at Cambridge American Cemetery on Sep 29, 1943
Although Myles Henry Emerick's death was not caused by direct enemy action, he was a member of the crew of an American merchant ship during the war, at a time and place when/where German u-boats were sinking American and Allied ships almost at will. He put his young life on the line every time he signed onto a ship and crossed the Atlantic, and he surely knew the odds against his returning home. He, too, was a hero and it is fitting that he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.
Parents: Agnes and Myles Henry Emerick, Sr
Siblings: Marie, Alice and Joan
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USMM
Service No: Z 302557
Entered the service from New Jersey
The 1940 US Census for Park Ridge, NJ shows Myles, age 16, living at home with his parents and three sisters. Three years later, Mar 1943, he is on an American merchant ship, the SS John Sargeant, as it arrives in New York from Gibraltar. According to the crew list, he is an 18 year old assistant cook with one year of service at sea. He was discharged from the John Sargeant and signed on the SS Aquarius, which departed New York for Liverpool in April 1943.
The SS John Bascom arrived in New York from New Orleans on Aug 8 1943, and on the 18th Mr. Emerick signed on as a Steward. The ship left New York on Sep 9, 1943, bound for Liverpool, and returned to NY on Oct 15th. On the crew list for the return trip, Mr. Emerick's name is lined through with the notation "Died at Liverpool Sept. 24, 1943".
From: American Foreign Service, REPORT ON THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Date and Place: Sept 24, 1943, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, England
Cause of Death: shown by death certificate as "Fracture of the base of the skull with injury to the brain caused by falling from a gangway whilst going aboard a ship ..."
Remarks: "The deceased was a member of the crew of an American steamship..."
Mr. Emerick was buried at Cambridge American Cemetery on Sep 29, 1943
Although Myles Henry Emerick's death was not caused by direct enemy action, he was a member of the crew of an American merchant ship during the war, at a time and place when/where German u-boats were sinking American and Allied ships almost at will. He put his young life on the line every time he signed onto a ship and crossed the Atlantic, and he surely knew the odds against his returning home. He, too, was a hero and it is fitting that he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.
Siblings: Marie, Alice and Joan
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USMM
Service No: Z 302557
Entered the service from New Jersey
The 1940 US Census for Park Ridge, NJ shows Myles, age 16, living at home with his parents and three sisters. Three years later, Mar 1943, he is on an American merchant ship, the SS John Sargeant, as it arrives in New York from Gibraltar. According to the crew list, he is an 18 year old assistant cook with one year of service at sea. He was discharged from the John Sargeant and signed on the SS Aquarius, which departed New York for Liverpool in April 1943.
The SS John Bascom arrived in New York from New Orleans on Aug 8 1943, and on the 18th Mr. Emerick signed on as a Steward. The ship left New York on Sep 9, 1943, bound for Liverpool, and returned to NY on Oct 15th. On the crew list for the return trip, Mr. Emerick's name is lined through with the notation "Died at Liverpool Sept. 24, 1943".
From: American Foreign Service, REPORT ON THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Date and Place: Sept 24, 1943, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool, England
Cause of Death: shown by death certificate as "Fracture of the base of the skull with injury to the brain caused by falling from a gangway whilst going aboard a ship ..."
Remarks: "The deceased was a member of the crew of an American steamship..."
Mr. Emerick was buried at Cambridge American Cemetery on Sep 29, 1943
Although Myles Henry Emerick's death was not caused by direct enemy action, he was a member of the crew of an American merchant ship during the war, at a time and place when/where German u-boats were sinking American and Allied ships almost at will. He put his young life on the line every time he signed onto a ship and crossed the Atlantic, and he surely knew the odds against his returning home. He, too, was a hero and it is fitting that he is buried at Cambridge American Cemetery.
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