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BURLEIGH, Lawrence Chapman - Date of
birth
27 February 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Marshall County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34331971 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lathen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Charles C. Burleigh (father)
Lida M. (Silver) Burleigh (mother)
Maurice Burleigh (brother)
Charles Burleigh (brother)
Gloria Burleigh (sister)
Chester Burleigh (brother)
Pauline Burleigh (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30150 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214
More information
S/Sgt Lawrence C. Burleigh was a fisherman.He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 16 June 1942.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open. The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.
The mission took place on 28 July 1943. The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day after the were reported missing in action.
Two brothers, Maurice in the U.S. Navy and Charles in the U.S. Army, also served during the war. His brother Chester and his sister Pauline were employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, The Portsmouth Herald - 17 August 1943
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Burleigh Family