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Personal info

Full name
BURLEY, Sam J
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho
Hometown
Bannock County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39904883
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 36 10

Immediate family

Members
Sam B. Burley (father)
Anna M. (Symington) Burley (mother)
Ellen M. Burley (sister)
Betty J. Burley (sister)
Nancy D. Burley (sister)
Vera (Bertasso) Burley (wife)

More information

T/4 Sam J. Burley enlisted in Pocatello, Idaho, on 16 December 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a payroll clerk before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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