Wallace Emmer enlisted in the US Army Reserve in 1941. He became a Pilot Officer at Luke Field, Arizona on 29-Sep-42. First assigned there to the 20th Fighter Group, he was transferred to the 354th Fighter Group / 353rd Fighter Squadron in January 1943 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 21-Apr. Sent overseas, he arrived in England in Sep-43. He was soon credited with his first kills and was promoted to Captain on 15-Jan-44. He achieved Ace status on 14-May-44 when he shot down two Me109 fighters. Promoted ad interim 353rd Squadron Commander after the death of Major Don Merril Beerbower on a morning mission on 9-Aug-44, Wallace Emmer was shot down himself in the afternoon of the same day on a 9th Air Force mission to the Reims area in France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 8149. Captain Emmer was captured and first went to Stalag 12A in Bad Orb before being interned at Stalag 9B in Limburg-An-Der-Lahn, Germany. He died at Dulag Luft-Wetzlar on 15-Feb-45. He was scheduled to be released to the Red Cross due to his injuries and was standing next to Col Chales Stark when an air raid siren next to him went off causing him to have a fatal heart attack. Wallace Emmer is credited with 16 aerial victories (2 of which shared, 1 probable). Wallace’s brother, PFC Raymond P. Emmer served in the 99th Infantry Division/394th Infantry Regiment and was killed in Germany on 18-Nov-44. He was not yet 20.