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Personal info

Full name
BURKHART, Lee
Date of birth
20 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Helton, Leslie County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35775561
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jussarupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 20

Immediate family

Members
Josiah Burkhart (father)
Dicie E. (Bailey) Burkhart (mother)
Harley S. Burkhart (brother)
Myrtle Burkhart (sister)
Essie (Napier) Burkhart (wife)
Cordy E. Burkhart (daughter)
Lillie F. Burkhart (daughter)
Willard F. Burkhart (son)
Johnny I. Burkhart (son)

More information

Pvt Lee Burkhart enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Kentucky Birth Index, 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Rita Kuykendall