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Personal info

Full name
BURTIS, Charles William
Date of birth
10 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32160853
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John Burtis (father)
Ruth Burtis (mother)
Harold Burtis (brother)
Wilbur Burtis (brother)
Doris E. (Wintle) Burtis (wife)

More information

Pvt Charles W. Burtis was a shoe salesman at the Melville Shoe Corporation before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 15 July 1941.

He was taken prisoner and died of wounds in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Mark Wintle Bio Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 6 July 1944