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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, William Howard
Date of birth
26 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34913540
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Lutremange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 6

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence F. Burns (father)
Nellie R. (Boyd) Burns (mother)
Gladys I. Burns (sister)
Lawrence F. Burns Jr. (brother)
Sadie Burns (sister)
Emma L. (Robinson) Burns (wife)
Shirley J. Burns (daughter)

More information

Pvt William H. Burns was a driver at the Cavaliar Corporation before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 17 June 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Draughn Family, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – Chattanooga Daily Times - 31 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Chattanooga Daily Times - 31 January 1945