US PARAS Burriss, T.Moffatt

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burriss ​

• FORENAME

Thomas Moffatt ​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company,3 Bn + Company I) ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant + Captain ​

• NUMBER

0-401623​

• AWARD

Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster and V device ​

• PLACE

Europe ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Anderson,South Carolina​

graduated Clemson University 1940 (ROTC)​

physics and science teacher,Orangeburg High School,South Carolina​

entered service 9.1.1942 Fort Benning,Georgia​

3 Bn 504 PIR (2Lt)​

HQ Company (S2),3 Bn 504 PIR (1st Lt) September 1942​

Company I,3 Bn 504 PIR (Captain) April 1944​

WIA 20.9.1944 Waal River crossing,Holland​

building contractor,South Carolina postwar​

served 15 years with South Carolina House of Representatives​

married Louisa Hay 22.6.1942 Morristown,South Carolina (4 children) (deceased)​

married Jean Wheelwright​

author "Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82d Airborne in World War II" (2000)​

residing Columbia,South Carolina 2000​

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