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Personal info

Full name
SCHUMAN, Burdett Julius
Date of birth
15 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Wilson, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32933410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Near Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 3 17

Immediate family

Members
Max Schuman (father)
Clara M. (Israel) Schuman (mother)
Wayland W. Schuman (brother)
Elvira M. (Bruce) Schuman (wife)

More information

Pvt Burdett J. Schuman attended Wilson High School and was employed by the Buffalo McCallum Company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / James McAvoy Ancestors, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Buffalo Evening News - 17 November 1944