SSgt J W Burns Veteran

Birth: 9 Apr 1923
Acme, Hardeman County, Texas, USA
Death: 27 Feb 1945 (aged 21)
Linne, Maasgouw Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot: F Row: 9 Grave: 19
Memorial ID: 56297275 View Source

ID: 38370385

Hometown: Eastland County, TX
Entered the Service From: Texas
Rank: Staff Sergeant

Service: U.S. Army, Company C, 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, Combat Command R (CCR), 8th Armored Division.

Died: Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Awards: Purple Heart

Was shot near Linne in the Netherlands. He got shot by machine gun fire. When he wanted to jump back into his foxhole.

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Entered the service On the 28th of Jan., 1943 from Texas.

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Alton Raymond Burns

1915–1992

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