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Personal info

Full name
BURKETT, Fredrick Marion Jr
Date of birth
21 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39566942
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 23

Immediate family

Members
Fredrick M. Burkett Sr (father)
Maude E. (McFavlin) Burkett (mother)
Mary L. Burkett (sister)

More information

Pfc Fredrick M. Burkett Jr. enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 22 March 1943.

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 – 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / California Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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