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Personal info

Full name
BURNETT, John Frank
Date of birth
12 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36598335
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Honinghutje Bridge
Maas-Waal Channel, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 4 8

Immediate family

Members
James Burnett (father)
Mary K. (Allman) Burnett (mother)
Thomas F. Reed (half brother)
John W. Reed (half brother)
Lawrence W. Reed (half brother)
George H. Reed (half brother)
Clarence H. Reed (half brother)
Margaret G. Reed (half sister)
Lillie K. Burnett (sister)
Luther Burnett (brother)
Leo Burnett (brother)
Emma Burnett (sister)
James Burnett (brother)

More information

Pvt John F. Burnett was sent overseas on 28 December 1943.

On the evening of 18 September, his company was charged with guarding the bridges of the channel. In the dark, Pvt Burnett was accidentally shot by a soldier of the Airborne Engineers.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Times Recorder, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Margaret Hornick (niece)