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Personal info

Full name
BURGESON, Lawrence Leroy
Date of birth
20 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19173533
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
360th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Hornburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Henry M. Burgeson (father)
Bertha D. (Olson) Burgeson (mother)
Dorothy J. Burgeson (sister)
Henry M. Burgeson (brother)
Donald R. Burgeson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38572
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 9404

More information

Sgt Lawrence L. Burgeson graduated from Los Angeles High School and was employed as an accountant at the Blue Diamond Corporation.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 1 December 1942 at Santa Ana Army Air Base, California.

The formation was victim to severe attacks from enemy fights. The aircraft's right wing was on fire but it apparently was still under control. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Schladen.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Jones Hernandez Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: FOHF, 303BomberGroep.com, Peter Schouteten, Los Angeles High School - 1941