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PFC Jere Eugene Burns

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PFC Jere Eugene Burns

Birth
Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Oct 1952 (aged 23)
South Korea
Burial
Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.380876, Longitude: -71.156351
Memorial ID
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Private First Class Burns was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On October 18, 1952, after defending his position on Hill 598 against a determined enemy, he was evacuated through the 32nd Collecting Station to the 7th Medical Battalion, but never arrived. He was presumed dead on March 10, 1954. Private First Class Burns was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

PFC Jere Eugene Burns' name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
(Please see Find A Grave Memorial# 67481752)

Father: Ralph J. Burns (Find A Grave Memorial# 7204659)

Mother: Mary B. Egan Burns (Find A Grave Memorial# 19238394)

[Note: Jere Eugene Burns is a Heanue decendant]
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Private First Class Burns was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On October 18, 1952, after defending his position on Hill 598 against a determined enemy, he was evacuated through the 32nd Collecting Station to the 7th Medical Battalion, but never arrived. He was presumed dead on March 10, 1954. Private First Class Burns was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

PFC Jere Eugene Burns' name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
(Please see Find A Grave Memorial# 67481752)

Father: Ralph J. Burns (Find A Grave Memorial# 7204659)

Mother: Mary B. Egan Burns (Find A Grave Memorial# 19238394)

[Note: Jere Eugene Burns is a Heanue decendant]
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Inscription

IN MEMORIAM
P.F.C. JERE E. BURNS
MISSING IN ACTION KOREA OCT.1952


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