Veterans' Memorial Project

Robert Roy Burnside Jr.

Fairview, IL

World War II

College: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Graduation Year: Attended 1936

Service Branch: Army

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 07/18/1924

Date of Death: 07/26/1944

Lt. Burnside served with the 709th Tank Battalion. He is buried at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Plot A Row 18 Grave 35. He was awarded the Purple Heart. There is also a memorial to Lt. Burnside at Knoxville Cemetery, Knoxville, Illinois.

-taken from Web site above and University records

Further information: https://www.abmc.gov

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