MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Burgess, Boyd Freeland

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Burgess
  • FORENAME
Boyd Freeland
  • UNIT
2 Bn (Blue Combat Team)
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
15018648
  • AWARD
Bronze Star
  • PLACE
Burma 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wayne County,West Virginia
born 8.2.1922 Rita,West Virginia
son of George Leander and Eva Mae (nee Maynard) Burgess
farm hand in civilian life
enlisted 4.4.1941 Fort Hayes,Columbus,Ohio
coal miner postwar
married Naoma Jewel Nelson 24.11.1947 (1931-) (4 children Gloria,Janet,William and Patty)
last residence Bob White,West Virginia
died 17.1.2010 Charleston,West Virginia
Mid Ferrell Cemetery,Bandytown,Boone County,West Virginia
 
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