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Personal info

Full name
BURDISS, Cornelius F
Date of birth
29 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Winding Gulf, West Virginia
Hometown
Raleigh County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35425285
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 5

Immediate family

Members
George F. Burdiss (father)
Bertha (Burgess) Burdiss (mother)
Charles Burdiss (brother)
Maxine Burdiss (sister)
Gertrude Burdiss (Bister)
Henry P. Burdiss (brother)
Carl Burdiss (brother)
Hall Burdiss (brother)
Paul Burdiss (brother)
William Burdiss (brother)
Anna L. Burdiss (sister)

More information

Pfc Cornelius F. Burdiss attended Stoco High School.

He enlisted on 31 March 1942 at Huntington West, Virginia.

He was killed when the jeep he was driving hit a land mine.

Pfc Cornelius F. Burdiss was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands,

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.marketgarden.com, Raleigh Register 28 October 1945 / Ferrie Family Tree / WWII Young American Patriots, West Virginia Memory Project, Beckley Post-Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, WWII Young American Patriots