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Personal info

Full name
BURM, Gerald Roy
Date of birth
8 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36123096
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Verdenne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 4 20

Immediate family

Members
August J. Burm (father)
Elizabeth V. (Bushey) Burm (mother)
Marie M. Burm (sister)
Victor J. Burm (brother)
Randall Burm (brother)
Elisabeth Burm (sister)
Rita Burm (sister)
Kathleen D. Burm (sister)
Caroline D. Burm (sister)

More information

Gerald Burm attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 15 July 1941.

His grandfather from his father's side emigrated to the USA from Belgium. His grandfather from his mother's side was born in Canada.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, André Delbouille