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Personal info

Full name
BURRIS, Bennie L
Date of birth
6 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Gradyville, Adair County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35691416
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fresnes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 82

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Burris (father)
Flora E. (Wilson) Burris (mother)
Ella F. Burris (sister)
Mary Burris (sister)
James L. Burris (brother)
Osco Burris (brother)
Alvin C. Burris (brother)
Goldie C. Burris (wife)

More information

Pfc Bennie L. Burris was employed at the Turner Day And Woolworth Handle Company before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 21 December 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his face.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Burris Binkley Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – A.P. Reed

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