US PARAS Burgert, Howard Robert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burgert ​

• FORENAME

Howard Robert​

• UNIT

502 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

33135793 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th September 1944 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 19 Grave 6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania​

born 18.02.1917 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Howard Frederick Burgert (1889-1961)​

mother Sarah Virginia (nee Schuchman) Burgert (1894-1963)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck & tractor​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 118 Charles Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ​

26.01.1942 entered service Fort George G. Meade, Maryland​

entered service 26.1.1942 Fort George G. Meade, Maryland​

wife Ida Vera (nee Lytle) (1922-2016)​

Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Howard Burgert, 118 Charles Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

KIA Holland ​

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