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Personal info

Full name
BURNS, John A
Date of birth
13 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Windsor, Canada
Hometown
St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36584580
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
746th Tank Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 17

Immediate family

Members
Melvin Burns (father)
Mildred A. (Grainger) Burns (mother)
Evelyn Burns (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Susan Linton, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://home.hiwaay.net, www.ancestry.com - Draft Registration / 1940 Census / U.S. Border Crossings / Interment Record

Photo source: Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com, Susan Linton - Detroit Times 10 June 1943 "Armed Forces Graduates at Fort Knox, Kentucky"