USMC World War II
Pvt. William A. Burke KIA Midway Is, June 4, 1942 Buried At Sea
Unit Headquarters & Service Squadron 22, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing, FMF
Hometown: from California
Mother, Mrs. Ida Burke, Mason City, Iowa
Service# 361522
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Marine Corps Lauds Burke for Record
Mrs. Ida Burke. 410 Fifth street southeast, has received a letter from Lieut. General T. Holcomb of the United States marine corps in which he informed her that her son, Pvt. William A. Burke, of the marine corps, "lost his life in action against the enemies of his country."
"Due to the military situation prevailing at the place of death it was necessary to bury the remains of your son at sea on June 6," the officer wrote.
Private Burke was killed in action on June 4 during the Midway island battle in which Yankee forces smashed a Japanese invasion armada.
"I wish to express my deepest sympathy to you and members of your family in your great loss," wrote the marine corps officer. He added, "There is little I can say to lessen your grief, but it is my earnest hope that the knowledge of your son's splendid record in the service, and the thought that he nobly gave his life in the performance of his duty may in some measure comfort you in this sad hour."
MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE-GAZETTE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942, Page 14.
Pvt. Burke appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA. This marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery is a cenotaph.
Pvt. William A. Burke KIA Midway Is, June 4, 1942 Buried At Sea
Unit Headquarters & Service Squadron 22, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing, FMF
Hometown: from California
Mother, Mrs. Ida Burke, Mason City, Iowa
Service# 361522
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Marine Corps Lauds Burke for Record
Mrs. Ida Burke. 410 Fifth street southeast, has received a letter from Lieut. General T. Holcomb of the United States marine corps in which he informed her that her son, Pvt. William A. Burke, of the marine corps, "lost his life in action against the enemies of his country."
"Due to the military situation prevailing at the place of death it was necessary to bury the remains of your son at sea on June 6," the officer wrote.
Private Burke was killed in action on June 4 during the Midway island battle in which Yankee forces smashed a Japanese invasion armada.
"I wish to express my deepest sympathy to you and members of your family in your great loss," wrote the marine corps officer. He added, "There is little I can say to lessen your grief, but it is my earnest hope that the knowledge of your son's splendid record in the service, and the thought that he nobly gave his life in the performance of his duty may in some measure comfort you in this sad hour."
MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE-GAZETTE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942, Page 14.
Pvt. Burke appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA. This marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery is a cenotaph.
USMC World War II
Pvt. William A. Burke KIA Midway Is, June 4, 1942 Buried At Sea
Unit Headquarters & Service Squadron 22, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing, FMF
Hometown: from California
Mother, Mrs. Ida Burke, Mason City, Iowa
Service# 361522
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Marine Corps Lauds Burke for Record
Mrs. Ida Burke. 410 Fifth street southeast, has received a letter from Lieut. General T. Holcomb of the United States marine corps in which he informed her that her son, Pvt. William A. Burke, of the marine corps, "lost his life in action against the enemies of his country."
"Due to the military situation prevailing at the place of death it was necessary to bury the remains of your son at sea on June 6," the officer wrote.
Private Burke was killed in action on June 4 during the Midway island battle in which Yankee forces smashed a Japanese invasion armada.
"I wish to express my deepest sympathy to you and members of your family in your great loss," wrote the marine corps officer. He added, "There is little I can say to lessen your grief, but it is my earnest hope that the knowledge of your son's splendid record in the service, and the thought that he nobly gave his life in the performance of his duty may in some measure comfort you in this sad hour."
MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE-GAZETTE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942, Page 14.
Pvt. Burke appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA. This marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery is a cenotaph.
Pvt. William A. Burke KIA Midway Is, June 4, 1942 Buried At Sea
Unit Headquarters & Service Squadron 22, Marine Air Group 22, 2nd Marine Air Wing, FMF
Hometown: from California
Mother, Mrs. Ida Burke, Mason City, Iowa
Service# 361522
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Marine Corps Lauds Burke for Record
Mrs. Ida Burke. 410 Fifth street southeast, has received a letter from Lieut. General T. Holcomb of the United States marine corps in which he informed her that her son, Pvt. William A. Burke, of the marine corps, "lost his life in action against the enemies of his country."
"Due to the military situation prevailing at the place of death it was necessary to bury the remains of your son at sea on June 6," the officer wrote.
Private Burke was killed in action on June 4 during the Midway island battle in which Yankee forces smashed a Japanese invasion armada.
"I wish to express my deepest sympathy to you and members of your family in your great loss," wrote the marine corps officer. He added, "There is little I can say to lessen your grief, but it is my earnest hope that the knowledge of your son's splendid record in the service, and the thought that he nobly gave his life in the performance of his duty may in some measure comfort you in this sad hour."
MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE-GAZETTE
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1942, Page 14.
Pvt. Burke appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA. This marker at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery is a cenotaph.
Inscription
In Memoriam
PVT - USMC
Died on Midway
Gravesite Details
See also Pvt William A Burke memorial in Honolulu Memorial virtual cemetery.
