Howard Thomas Burns

World War II · US Marine Corps · First Lieutenant

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Birth- 26 Mar 1921

Wauna, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA

1939 - 1945World War II

Conflict Period

World War II

Awards

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Rank

First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps

Regiment

United States Marine Corps

Service Number

0-023822

Served For

United States of America

Gold Star

1 Source·1 index record

Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's College, California

27 Jun 1942

U.S. Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas

1943

1 Source·1 index record

Branch

Marine Corps

Rank

First Lieutenant

Award

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Death- 7 July 1944-Age: 23 years

Death

7-Jul-44

1 Source·1 index record

Marshall Islands (Courts of the Missing)

1 Source·1 index record

Burial

Memorial Location

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

Honolulu, Hawaii

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii

Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

1 Source·1 index record

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State Of Residence

Oregon

1 Source·1 index record

Full Name

Howard Thomas Burns

1 Source·1 index record

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Howard Thomas Burns

U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Saint Mary's College of Moraga, California

United States Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas

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