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Personal info

Full name
BURL, Gerald B
Date of birth
22 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Clinton County, New York

Military service

Service number
32041844
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Near Voellerdingen or Domfessel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 37

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Burl (father)
Emma (Guerin) Burl (mother)
Donald W. Burl (brother)
Leslie E. Burl (brother)
Roger Burl (brother)
Vernon C. Burl (brother)
Lorraine E. Burl (sister)
Joseph E. Burl (brother)
Gordon R. Burl (half-brother)
Ivaloo R. Burl (wife)

More information

Cpl Gerald B. Burl enlisted in Albany, New York on 5 February 1941.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999, AAR 51rd infantry battalion August 1944 through May 1945

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