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Personal info

Full name
BURRIS, Charles L
Date of birth
2 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
Hometown
Vernon County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37009323
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 11 25

Immediate family

Members
Charles T. Burris (father)
Nora L. (Buzzard) Burris (mother)
Lily M. Burris (sister)
Earl C. Burris (brother)
Claude D. Burris (brother)
Arthur L. Burris (brother)
Harry Burris (brother)
Bertha E. Burris (sister)
David E. Burris (brother)
Thomas E. Burris (brother)
Joseph E. Burris (brother)
James P. Burris (brother)
Alma G. (Smading) Burris (wife)
Charles D. Burris (son)
Linda L. Burris (daughter)

More information

Sgt Charles L. Burris attended Nevada Missouri High School.

He joined his unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on 21 December 1944.

Pvt Burris was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service against the enemy. Near Winden, Germany on 24 November 1944, Pvt Burris with two other men, formed a bazooka team that had to get into a house next to one the that the German occupied, in order to knock out a tank that was holding up the attack of their company. They were able to get into this house and finish the tank.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - sbanning 2000, www.findagrave.com, The Republican Press 22 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred