Burns, Fred Arthur – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Private Fred Arthur Burns.

Unit/Placed in, 175th Infantry Regiment (Third Battalion K-Comp.), 29th Infantry Division “Blue and Gray”.

Fred is born on 20 June 1911 in McDonald, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Jesse Albert Burns.

Mother, Addie Mary (Lynch) Burns.

Sister(s), Mary Alice Burns.

Brother(s), Donald Walter and Joseph Richard Burns.

Half-brother, Charles Harvey Burns.

Spouse, Laura Josephine (Parry) Burns.

Daughter(s), Norma J. and Patricia A. Burns

Fred enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 33931545.

Frederick Arthur Burns was a Rifleman in the 3e Battalion K-Company,

175th Infantry Regiment.

Fred was KIA in the streets from Alsdorf in the fights over Aachen, Germany on 20 November 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Fred is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to, https://29thdivisionassociation.com/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3RQ-81B

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