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Richard W. O. Burns

Technician 5th Grade Army World War II

Army
Army
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Technician 5th Grade
Unit
34th Regiment 24th Infantry Division - Sound Ranging Observer 586
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
04/24/1945 – 12/18/1946
Date of Birth
06/11/1925
Date of Death
09/03/2000
Hometown
Darby, OH
Awards & Decorations
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Army of Occupation Medal
Burial Location
Darby Twp: St. Paul's Lutheran
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Pacific Theater of Operations; Japan
Township (entering service)
Darby
Township (current / at death)
Union
Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Chuckery
School
Chuckery-Darby High School
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

Overseas service: Pacific Theater of Operations; Japan. Church: St. Paul's Lutheran Chuckery. School: Chuckery-Darby High School. recommended for further military training

Source: Veteran form submitted 05/16/02006 by Dorothy Nicol; DD-214, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 190