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Personal info

Full name
BURKETTE, Lanse
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34162642
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Augny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 14 51

Immediate family

Members
Preston D. Burkette (father)
Pearl (Brown) Burkette (mother)
Xavier Burkette (brother)
Mary M. Burkette (sister)
Kathryn (Heggenbottom) Burkette (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Lanse Burkette was a manager before he joined the Regular Army at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 24 October 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Alabama County Marriages, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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