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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, Raymond D
Date of birth
5 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Watonwan County, Minnesota
Hometown
Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36438691
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 35 13

Immediate family

Members
Daniel G. Burns (father)
Anna (Nicholson) Burns (mother)
Paul E. Burns (brother)
Ellen Burns (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond D. Burns enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 7 December 1942.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Dispatch 18 July 1945

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