Emmett's parents were identified as Abraham and Lena Bell (per Emmett's marriage record to his first wife).

Emmett Kendall Bell. ***Note, his middle name differs from what appears on his headstone
in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Emmett Kendall Bell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1918
Birth Place: Lafollette, Tennessee, USA
Residence Place: Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Employer: Chevorlet Geer And Axel
Weight: 137
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Fred Gehike
Household Members: 1

Emmet Bell
U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954
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Name: Emmet Bell
Gender: Male
Race: White/Mexican (White)
Rank: Enlisted Man
Admission Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1918
Birth Place: USA
Admission Date: Aug 1943
Admission Place: Ft. Sam Houston, Texas (or Sam Houston Surgeon's Office)
Discharge Date: Sep 1943
Military Branch: Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster)
Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Deformity of chest; Diagnosis: Other conditions of the Bones and Organs of Movement: Deformities due to previous disease or injury NEC (not elsewhere classified); AssociatedDisease: Neurocirculatory asthenia
Injured in Line of Duty: Not in Line of Duty, existed prior to entry into service
Type of Discharge: Disch for disability in LOD, Sec II [may also incl Disch for Disab (not LOD & existed prior to svc) or Cert of Disab Disch, Misconduct for part of Feb, March & Apr (1943) disp cases]
Length of service: 9 - 10 months
Service Number: 34388774

Emmett Bell
Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952
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Name: Emmett Bell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1919
Birth Place: Lafolette, Tennessee
License County: Wayne
Marriage Date: 1 Jul 1949
Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Abraham L Bell
Mother: Lena Kendall
Spouse: Rose Charlotte Saltzman
County File Number: 762074
State File Number: 439766

Emmett Bell
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Emmett Bell
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1918
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Michigan
Last Residence: 73044, Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, USA
Death Date: Jan 1978