Emanuel, Nick C. (0552578)

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Nick C. Emanuel
Personal details
Born	1924
Died	1945
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0552578
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 13 (30 October – 23 December 1943)
Section	5E (13); E (13)
Team	IPW 178

Teammates

Team — IPW 178

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Nick C. Emanuel (1924–1945) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 13 and served with IPW Team 178 ?.

Biography

On this Memorial Day, let us remember those Ritchie Boys who died in Europe while serving our country and fighting to defend our freedoms. Ritchie Boy First Lt Nick C. Emanuel was born in Mannheim, Germany on July 5, 1924, and emigrated to the United States aboard the US Berengaria on December 6, 1936 with his mother and older brother. Nick enlisted in the US Army on July 26, 1943, despite not being a citizen. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. shortly after his enlistment. Emanuel was serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and was attached to the HQ Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment on 11 September 1944. As such he may have seen combat during the battle of The Bulge which erupted three months later. 1st Lt Emanuel was one of seven men killed on 14 March 1945 during a parachute demonstration jump when a C-47 lost power due to a thrown propeller sending the aircraft plunging through a group of descending parachutists. He is buried in the King David Cemetery, Putnam Valley, NY

Research notes

• KIA (Practice Jump)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	21
Class_ASN	32975137
Class_Name	EMANUEL, Nick C.; Emanuel, Nick C.
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2019-05-26 (1 post)