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Personal info

Full name
BURKS, Virgil Lathan "Bud"
Date of birth
3 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Houston, Harris County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38516286
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Middelaar - Katerbosch, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 11 16

Immediate family

Members
Andy A.Burks (father)
Lillie (Elrod) Burks (mother)
George W. Burks (brother)
James Burks (brother)
Carl W. Burks (brother)
Imogene Burks (sister)
Glenda Burks (sister)
Linda Burks (sister)
Donald H. Burks (brother)
Wilma J. (Cloud) Burks (wife)

More information

Pvt Virgil L. Burks attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 10 September 1943.

Nine American soldiers were buried at two different spots by a local farmer in February 1945. Burks' grave was situated in a field between Mook and Katerbosch. He was disinterred and evacuated to Margraten, where he was reburied in a temporary grave on 15 July 1945.

After the cemetery was given a permanent status he was given his finale resting place on 23 February 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, http://www.marketgarden.com, 1930 US Census, Glenda Burks (sister), www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ben McClain (nephew)