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Personal info

Full name
MILNE, Britton Joseph
Date of birth
6 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Knoblick, St. Francois County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
6831265
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 15 13

Immediate family

Members
William C. Milne (father)
Tressie P. (Britton) Milne (mother)
Vera M. Milne (sister)
Charles W. Milne (brother)
Harriet L. (Larsen) Milne (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Britton J. Milne grew up in the Odd Fellows Home orphanage in Liberty, Missouri until he was about 16 when he moved in with relatives. His father had died in 1921 and his mother in 1923. Had a cat that he named FDR. He also loved snakes and was terrified of spiders.

He joined the Regular Army on 24 April 1939 and was stationed at Fort William Davis Military Reservation in Cristobal, Panama Canal in 1940.

Source of information: Family Britton J. Milne, Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Personal Collection