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Morris Lee Burkhart

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Morris Lee Burkhart

Birth
Death
12 Oct 2005 (aged 82)
Arkansas, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 8-1, Row 14, Site 5
Memorial ID
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Veteran of World War II. Staff Sergeant - United States Army Air Corps. Served in the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bombardment Squadron-Heavy. Top turret gunner on a B-17G aircraft which was shot down and exploded near Wistedt, Germany on December 31, 1944. Surviving, he was catured by the Germans.

Crew of Aircraft #4338436, Stationed at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England:
2ND LT CHARLES C. WEBSTER P KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
2ND LT VIRGIL J. WHITT CP KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
2ND LT JOHN C. LITTLE, JR NAV POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
1ST LT LOWELL R. HENDRICKSON BOM POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL GRANT E. LAKIN ROG KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL MORRIS L. BURKHART TTE POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL RICHARD H. MEEHAN BTG POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL SYLVESTER DUKE WG KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL JAMES F. ANTHONY TG POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
Extracted from information at the 100th Bombardment Squadron website; and the Nationwide Gravelocator Site.
Veteran of World War II. Staff Sergeant - United States Army Air Corps. Served in the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bombardment Squadron-Heavy. Top turret gunner on a B-17G aircraft which was shot down and exploded near Wistedt, Germany on December 31, 1944. Surviving, he was catured by the Germans.

Crew of Aircraft #4338436, Stationed at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England:
2ND LT CHARLES C. WEBSTER P KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
2ND LT VIRGIL J. WHITT CP KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
2ND LT JOHN C. LITTLE, JR NAV POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
1ST LT LOWELL R. HENDRICKSON BOM POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL GRANT E. LAKIN ROG KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL MORRIS L. BURKHART TTE POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL RICHARD H. MEEHAN BTG POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL SYLVESTER DUKE WG KIA 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
CPL JAMES F. ANTHONY TG POW 31-Dec-44 Hamburg
Extracted from information at the 100th Bombardment Squadron website; and the Nationwide Gravelocator Site.


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