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Personal info

Full name
BURTON, Errol Sherwood
Date of birth
28 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31125285
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Haguenau - Marxenhausen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 4

Immediate family

Members
Errol F. Burton (father)
Rose M. (Hayes) Burton (mother)
Harold W. Burton (brother)

More information

Pfc Errol S. Burton enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 16 June 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman