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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, William J
Date of birth
3 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42090140
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Five kilometers east of Nutha and Güterglück, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 9 7

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Burns (father)
Mabel M. (McKeon) Burns (mother)
John Burns (brother)
Edward Burns (brother)
Robert Burns (brother)
Rose Burns (sister)
Catherine Burns (sister)
Marjorie Burns (sister)
Joan Burns (sister)
Edith (Simmonds) Burns (wife)

More information

S/Sgt William J. Burns graduated from Holy Family High School in 1937. He was employed at Auburn Spark plus before he enlisted in December 1943

He was wounded in action on 22 August 1944 in France for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a fist time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Orville L. Kline, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, New York State Historic Newspapers - The Catholic Courier Journal - 3 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Seymour Public Library District - Dori Gottschalk-Fielding, Holy Family Yearbook, 1945