Rank and Name, Lieutenant Burton Leon Wade.
Unit/Placed in, 577th Bomber Squadron, 392rd Bomber Group (Heavy).
Burton was born approx. on Sept. 19, 1923 in Harris County, Texas.
Father, Ira W. Wade.
Mother, Edith A. (Wilborn) Wade.
Sister, Joyce (Richardson) Wade.
Burton enlisted the service at Texas with serial number # O-709867.
Burton L. Wade was a Pilot in the 577th Bomber Squadron.
Burton‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
2ndLt. Burton L. Wade Pilot
2ndLt. Richard H. Zeigler Co Pilot
2ndLt. Lewis L. Sanders Jr. Navigator
Fl Of. Walter R. Somerhalder Bombardier
TSgt. Bradford E. Pergande Engineer
Sgt. Theodore E. Luniewicz Radio Op
Sgt. Robert W. Kudej Gunner
Sgt. James Jamar Jr. Gunner
Sgt. Edward S. Townsend Gunner
Burton L. Wade was Missing in Action when they (crashed) in the North Sea, on Feb. 9, 1945, and he is honored with the Purple Heart
Burton is mentioned at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Wall of de Missing.
Burton also has a Memorial Grave at Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster Harris County in Texas.
Thanks to http://www.b24.net/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
The body of Sgt Kudej washed ashore near the coastal village of Petten, The Netherlands, and was buried on 9 April 1945 at the local cemetery.
The body of Sgt Jamar washed ashore onto the beach of Castricum, The Netherlands, and was buried on 25 April 1945 in the local cemetery.
The body of Sgt Pergande washed ashore or was brought in by a ship at the harbor of Ijmuiden and he was buried on 26 April 1945 in Havenkade Cemetery. On 25 June 1945.
F/O Somerhalder was buried next to Sgt Pergande.
F/O Somerhalder was reinterred in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Grave B-17-10, with a posthumous award of the Purple Heart
2/Lt Wade, 2/Lt Zeigler, 2/Lt Sanders, and Sgt Luniewicz are listed on the Wall of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery.
Sgt Townsend is listed on the Wall of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery., Great Britain.
All five men had been awarded the Air Medal and a posthumous Purple Heart.
After the war, Sgt Jamar was buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery in Ft Worth, TX.
