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Full name
BURNS, Cecil Henry

Date of birth
31 December 1919

Age
24

Place of birth
Price, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Hometown
Lincoln County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35136982

Rank
Private First Class

Function
unknown

Unit
A Battery,
81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
101st Airborne Division

Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action

Date of death
19 September 1944

Place of death
Son, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten

Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Roe L. Burns (father)
Mary E. (Keck) Burns (mother)
Burgis Burns (brother)
Andrew Burns (brother)
Clyde Burns (brother)
Okey Burns (brother)
Versie Burns (sister)
Woodrow W. Burns (brother)
Clarence C. Burns (brother)
Charles A. Burns (brother)
Cora Burns (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov www.ancestry.com www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Cards, 1930 Census, IDPF