Burnside, Curtis Miller

Rank and Name, Technician Fifth Grade Curtis Miller Burnside.

Unit/Placed in, 11th Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division.

Curtis is born on 15 September 1922 in Alleghany, Virginia.

Father, Robert James Burnside.

Mother, Mary Pearl (Gilbert) Burnside.

Sister(s), Julie Mae Burnside.

Brother(s), Ira Delbert, Robert Wade, Forrest, Grant Gilbert, Olean Roderick, Fred Melvin and Carl Tatum Burnside.

Curtis enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 33216982.

Curtis was KIA at when his Tank was hit by a German 88 mm Flak Gun nearing the town of Sinsheim, Germany on 31 March 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Curtis is buried/mentioned at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G89G-Z3T

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org