Coble, Emory Meryl

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COBL.E001
• _FGRAVE: 167880083
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Company C, 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th 'Buckeye' Infantry Division, United States Army

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COBLE EMORY M JEFFERSON KY

Emory M. Coble, 69, of 3748 Lentz Ave., died Tuesday at Humana Hospital-Audubon. He was a native of Flora, 111., a retired employee of Hazelwood Hospital and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: his wife, the former Florence Yingst; two daughters, Martha M. Coble and Cathy A. Logs-don; four sons, Claude A. Coble of Fort Myers, Fla., Dale E. Coble of Brooks, Meryle E. and Clifford M. Coble; a sister, Audrey Gordon; two brothers, Cletus Coble of Flora and James Coble of Xenia, 111.; and seven grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Arch L Heady Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Blvd., with entombment in Evergreen Mausoleum.

Louisville Courier Journal

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on February 19, 1942 at Scott Field, Illinois. Selected for the Infantry, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Rifleman (745). Departed the Continental U.S. on September 1, 1942 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Joined Company C, 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th 'Buckeye' Infantry Division in training and fortifying the Fiji Islands. Fought through the Northern Solomon and Luzon Campaigns. Wounded by enemy action on February 12, 1945 in vicinity of Pasig River in Manila. Earned the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 bronze battle stars, WWII Victory Medal and The Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 bronze battle star. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 13, 1945 at the Separation Center In Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2019215

Buried:
S. Side Ad, Block 3, Lot 33, Grave #3

Family/Spouse: Yingst, Florence Ann. Florence was born in 1931; died in 2015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Coble, M.M.
2. Coble, C.A.
3. Coble, C.A.
4. Coble, D.E.
5. Coble, M.E.
6. Coble, C.M.

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• Reference Number: COBL.A002
• _FGRAVE: 21120259

Alonzo married Moats, Grace Orpha. Grace was born on 2 Oct 1888 in Illinois; died on 4 Apr 1959; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MOAT.G002
• Census: 16 May 1940, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois; 1940 Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 11a

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• Reference Number: COBL.J004
• _FGRAVE: 21120327

James married James, Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born on 14 May 1858 in Clay County, Illinois; died on 30 Apr 1931 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Rusk Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: JAME.M001
• _FGRAVE: 21120311