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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, Cecil Henry
Date of birth
31 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Price, Lincoln County, West Virginia
Hometown
Lincoln County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35136982
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Son, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Roe L. Burns (father)
Mary E. (Keck) Burns (mother)
Burgis Burns (brother)
Andrew Burns (brother)
Clyde Burns (brother)
Okey Burns (brother)
Versie Burns (sister)
Woodrow W. Burns (brother)
Clarence C. Burns (brother)
Charles A. Burns (brother)
Cora Burns (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov www.ancestry.com www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Cards, 1930 Census, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten