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Personal info

Full name
BURKE, Anthony John
Date of birth
20 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33940437
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 44 32

Immediate family

Members
Frank Burke (father)
Veronica (Luzaski) Burke (mother)
Bridget Burke (sister)
Mary Burke (sister)
Evelyn D. (Sladeski) Burke (wife)

More information

Pvt Anthony J. Burke graduated from Pittston High School and attended Wharton School of Finance. He was an assisant manager of the American Theater in Pittston and later manager of the Rex Theater in Dickson City.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 23 May 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding, Florida. He was sent overseas in November 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes Barre Record
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