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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, John T III
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20101398
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 39

Immediate family

Members
John T. Burns Jr. (father)
Ethel M. Burns (mother)
Dorothy M. Burns (sister)
Miriam G. Burns (sister)
Lawrence J. Burns (brother)
Ethel M. Burns (sister)
Edward J. Burns (brother)
James Burns (brother)

More information

Sgt John T. Burns III graduated from Newton High School in 1939 and was a manager and official when he joined the National Guard in West Newton, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division,
Photo source: -, Newton High School 1939