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Personal info

Full name
BURGERT, Howard Robert
Date of birth
18 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33135793
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 19 6

Immediate family

Members
Howard Burgert (father)
Sarah Burgert (mother)
Veragene (Lytle) Burgert (wife)

More information

Pfc Howard R. Burgert entered the service at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 26 January 1942.

He had been overseas since August 1943. Pfc Burgert was wounded on D-Day, was hospitalized for three weeks and only recently returned to active duty.

Source of information: Twan van Leeuwen, Astrid van Erp, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor.html, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Notes, 18 October 1944, www.ancestry.com Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.pararesearchteam.com via Don van den Bogert