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Personal info

Full name
BURNSIDE, Curtis Miller
Date of birth
14 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia
Hometown
Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33216982
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Speyer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 17 26

Immediate family

Members
Robert J. Burnside (father)
Mary P. (Gilbert) Burnside (mother)
Ira D. Burnside (brother)
Robert W. Burnside (brother)
Grant G. Burnside (brother)
Olen P. Burnside (brother)
Frederick M. Burnside (brother)
Carl T. Burnside (brother)
Julia Burnside (sister)

More information

T/5 Curtis M. Burnside attended high school for four years and was a telegraph messenger at the C and O Railway Company before he enlisted in Roanoake, Virginia on 11 November 1942.

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 / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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