PFC, U.S. Army, WWII
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From the Camp Fannin Roll of Honor website:
BURKLOW, John Ray
Private First Class, 38607507
Date of Birth: 8 March 1924
a) Hometown/State: Nolan County, Texas
b) Dates & Unit at Camp Fannin: A/57
c) Date & Place of Death: 22 September 1944, near Firenzuola, Tuscany, Italy
d) Unit Assignment at Time of Death: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
e) Circumstances of Death: Allied forces had just succeeded in breaching the formidable mountainous Gothic Line, with the 363rd Regiment having driven north through Monticelli in the preceding days.
f) Places of Burial (Temporary and Permanent): Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Toscana, Italy, Plot G, Row 1, Grave 23 [Effie Burklow, PFC Burklow's mother, chose to have him buried in Italy. A marker is also located in the family plot at Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Texas]
g) Name & Relationship of Person Submitting Information: Dana Kristin Russell, grandniece
h) Awards & Miscellaneous Information: Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge.
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Information courtesy of Dana Burklow-Russell ([email protected])- August, 2012
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From the Camp Fannin Roll of Honor website:
BURKLOW, John Ray
Private First Class, 38607507
Date of Birth: 8 March 1924
a) Hometown/State: Nolan County, Texas
b) Dates & Unit at Camp Fannin: A/57
c) Date & Place of Death: 22 September 1944, near Firenzuola, Tuscany, Italy
d) Unit Assignment at Time of Death: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
e) Circumstances of Death: Allied forces had just succeeded in breaching the formidable mountainous Gothic Line, with the 363rd Regiment having driven north through Monticelli in the preceding days.
f) Places of Burial (Temporary and Permanent): Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Toscana, Italy, Plot G, Row 1, Grave 23 [Effie Burklow, PFC Burklow's mother, chose to have him buried in Italy. A marker is also located in the family plot at Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Texas]
g) Name & Relationship of Person Submitting Information: Dana Kristin Russell, grandniece
h) Awards & Miscellaneous Information: Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge.
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Information courtesy of Dana Burklow-Russell ([email protected])- August, 2012
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PFC, U.S. Army, WWII
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From the Camp Fannin Roll of Honor website:
BURKLOW, John Ray
Private First Class, 38607507
Date of Birth: 8 March 1924
a) Hometown/State: Nolan County, Texas
b) Dates & Unit at Camp Fannin: A/57
c) Date & Place of Death: 22 September 1944, near Firenzuola, Tuscany, Italy
d) Unit Assignment at Time of Death: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
e) Circumstances of Death: Allied forces had just succeeded in breaching the formidable mountainous Gothic Line, with the 363rd Regiment having driven north through Monticelli in the preceding days.
f) Places of Burial (Temporary and Permanent): Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Toscana, Italy, Plot G, Row 1, Grave 23 [Effie Burklow, PFC Burklow's mother, chose to have him buried in Italy. A marker is also located in the family plot at Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Texas]
g) Name & Relationship of Person Submitting Information: Dana Kristin Russell, grandniece
h) Awards & Miscellaneous Information: Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge.
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Information courtesy of Dana Burklow-Russell ([email protected])- August, 2012
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From the Camp Fannin Roll of Honor website:
BURKLOW, John Ray
Private First Class, 38607507
Date of Birth: 8 March 1924
a) Hometown/State: Nolan County, Texas
b) Dates & Unit at Camp Fannin: A/57
c) Date & Place of Death: 22 September 1944, near Firenzuola, Tuscany, Italy
d) Unit Assignment at Time of Death: 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
e) Circumstances of Death: Allied forces had just succeeded in breaching the formidable mountainous Gothic Line, with the 363rd Regiment having driven north through Monticelli in the preceding days.
f) Places of Burial (Temporary and Permanent): Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Toscana, Italy, Plot G, Row 1, Grave 23 [Effie Burklow, PFC Burklow's mother, chose to have him buried in Italy. A marker is also located in the family plot at Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Texas]
g) Name & Relationship of Person Submitting Information: Dana Kristin Russell, grandniece
h) Awards & Miscellaneous Information: Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge.
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Information courtesy of Dana Burklow-Russell ([email protected])- August, 2012
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