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Personal info

Full name
BURGESS, James Marshall
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Polk County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O1299194
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near or in Rimsdorf, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 47

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin F. Burgess (father)
Mary B. (Little) Burgess (mother)
Louise Burgess (sister)
Anne V. Burgess (sister)
Mary F. Burgess (sister)
Agnes C. (Shomaker) Burgess (wife)

More information

1st Lt James M. Burgess was married to Agnes Christine Shomaker in Dade, Pasco County, Florida on 5 March 1944.

He was first buried at Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / Found Cousins Genealogy, AAR 51rd infantry battalion August 1944 through May 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Cindy Faulkner