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Edgar Marion Burge

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Edgar Marion Burge Veteran

Birth
Death
23 Oct 1962 (aged 69)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Granville, Putnam County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 48, Lot 3, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Veteran, WW I
Pvt Btry 2 Rgt FARD
[Private Battery 2nd Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot]
Date of Muster: June 15, 1918
Date of Discharge: December 13, 1918

Source:
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-4HP1 : 17 October 2019), Edgar Marion Burge, 13 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

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Member of the American Legion, Post 180, Granville, Illinois: drove the Granville Legion's famous buggy and donkey contraption (an altered Model T) in parades, wearing his red long-john's.

Source: HME

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Place of Death: Kansas City, Missouri
Embalmer: Hubert B. Baird, Missouri

Source of Statistics and Burial Info: State of Missouri, City of Kansas City Transit Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois
U.S. Army Veteran, WW I
Pvt Btry 2 Rgt FARD
[Private Battery 2nd Regiment Field Artillery Replacement Depot]
Date of Muster: June 15, 1918
Date of Discharge: December 13, 1918

Source:
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-4HP1 : 17 October 2019), Edgar Marion Burge, 13 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

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Member of the American Legion, Post 180, Granville, Illinois: drove the Granville Legion's famous buggy and donkey contraption (an altered Model T) in parades, wearing his red long-john's.

Source: HME

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Place of Death: Kansas City, Missouri
Embalmer: Hubert B. Baird, Missouri

Source of Statistics and Burial Info: State of Missouri, City of Kansas City Transit Permit, Records of the Granville Cemetery, Granville, Illinois

Inscription

EDGAR M BURGE
ILLINOIS
PVT 2 REGT FA REPL DEPOT
WORLD WAR I
MARCH 19 1893 OCT 23 1962



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  • Created by: HJ
  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83363033/edgar_marion-burge: accessed ), memorial page for Edgar Marion Burge (19 Mar 1893–23 Oct 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83363033, citing Granville Cemetery, Granville, Putnam County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by HJ (contributor 46937296).