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Personal info

Full name
BURCH, Francis Lee
Date of birth
4 November 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Charles County, Maryland
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33740323
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Remilly, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 43 28

Immediate family

Members
Alice V. (King) Burch (wife)

More information

Pfc Francis L. Burch worked as a florist before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 24 April 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, 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 / District of Columbia Marriage Records / 1930 Census, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, www.newspapers.com - Evening Star - 16 February 1945 / 20 December 1944