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Personal info

Full name
BURTON, William Edward
Date of birth
22 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31423179
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 August 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 13 11

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Burton (father)
Louisa A. (Haith) Burton (mother)
George Burton (brother)
Evelyn Burton (sister)
Joseph Burton Jr. (brother)
Alice L. Burton (sister)
Helen M. (Surrett) Burton (wife)
William E. Burton Jr. (son)
Robert J. Burton (son)

More information

T/5 William E. Burton sold candy before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 October 1943.

He died in a field hospital from injuries to his kidneys caused by a fall from a vehicle.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hewitt Machin Family Tree / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.newspapers.com - The Boston Globe - 29 September 1945
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