Emmett W. Burgess

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 03/02/1945

Emmett William Burgess was born in St. Francis County, Missouri on March 31, 1919.

He listed his home of residence as Wayne County, Michigan.
His religion was listed as Protestant. He was married with two children.

Prior to entering military service he was employed at the Budd Wheel Manufacturing Company
in Detroit, Michigan.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered military service on June 27, 1944.

He was assigned to Company B as a Private from the 14th Replacement Depot on December 26, 1944.

Private First Class Burgess died of wounds received in action in Germany
on March 2, 1945.

Decorations of Emmett W. Burgess

Article from the South Macomb News Macomb County, Michigan March 30, 1949

By kath421 from Ancestry.com

Emmett W. Burgess was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Michigan on April 2, 1949.

Burial:
Clinton Grove Cemetery
Clinton Township
Macomb County
Michigan

Grave marker for Emmett W. Burgess

Photo by Marguerite from the Find A Grave website

Grave monument for Emmett W. Burgess

Photo by Marguerite from the Find A Grave website

Top photo from the South Macomb News Macomb County, Michigan March 30, 1949
by kath421 from Ancestry.com

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