PFC
William E Burns
Aged 22, fallen March 17, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 34514560
- Hometown
- Union, South Carolina
- Date of death
- March 17, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Private First Class William E Burns, serial number 34514560, of Union, South Carolina, served with Company B of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on March 17, 1945, at the age of 22. He is buried at Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
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