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Personal info

Full name
BURKHART, Arthur J
Date of birth
23 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
LaSalle, LaSalle County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36312077
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Tank Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John R. Burkhart (father)
Bertha N. (Offergeld) Burkhart (mother)
Raymond R. Burkhart (brother)
Bertha N. Burkhart (sister)
John H. Burkhart (brother)
Dorothy A. Burkhart (sister)
Lorraine Burkhart (sister)
Mildred Burkhart (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Arthur J. Burkhart worked as a farmer before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 16 January 1942.

S/Sgt Burkhart was killed when his tank was blown up.

His grandparents from his mother's side immigrated from Germany.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree