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Personal info

Full name
BURBACH, Harold J
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36220104
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 3 27

Immediate family

Members
John J. Burbach (father)
Mary A. (Hundt) Burbach (mother)
Minnie Burbach (sister)
Salome Burbach (sister)
Edward Burbach (brother)
Herbert Burbach (brother)
George Burbach (brother)
Leo Burbach (brother)
Ernst Burbach (brother)
Willie Burbach (brother)
Orma Burbach (sister)
Elizabeth Burbach (sister)
Luella Burbach (sister)

More information

T/5 Harold J. Burbach enlisted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on 19 March 1942. He was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois and Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. He was sent overseas in August 1943.

His brother Leo served in the Philippines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Anonymous

Photo source: www.findagrave - Des Philippet / Anonymous, The La Crosse Tribune - 11 April 1945