Burns, Edward J., 1stSgt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
First Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 585-First Sergeant

Last AFSC Group
Branch Immaterial (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1940-1941, 15th Pursuit Group, Fighter

Service Years
1938 - 1941

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1917

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Casualty Info

Last Address Wheeler Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Casualty Date Dec 07, 1941
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Hawaii	Conflict WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Attack on Pearl Harbor
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section M, Grave 1327

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1941, Pearl Harbor Memorial
	1941, World War II Fallen
	1941, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2021, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2021, Stories Behind The Stars, Massachusetts (Fallen Member (Honor Roll)) (Massachusetts) - Chap. Page

1940-1941, 72nd Pursuit Squadron, Interceptor

From Month/Year November / 1940	To Month/Year December / 1941
Unit 72nd Pursuit Squadron, Interceptor Unit Page
Rank First Sergeant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Wheeler Field	State/Country Hawaii

Patch	72nd Pursuit Squadron, Interceptor Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Pursuit Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2016

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

72nd Pursuit Squadron, Interceptor

Guthrie, James E., SSgt, (1938-1941)	A07	AAF MOS 509	Staff Sergeant
Price, John A., SSgt, (1939-1941)	A01	AAF MOS 762	Staff Sergeant
Everett, James, SSgt, (1930-1941)			Staff Sergeant
Free, Paul, SSgt, (1939-1941)			Staff Sergeant
Good, Joseph E, SSgt, (1939-1941)			Staff Sergeant
Cashen, Malachy James, Cpl, (1940-1941)			Corporal
Creech, William, PFC, (1940-1941)			Private First Class
Cebert, Dean, Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private
Leslie, George G., Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private
Hull, Robert L., Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private