Burke, Ernest A. · Digital Collections

Name: Burke, Ernest A.
Birth Date: September 4, 1924
Death Date: April 13, 1945
Description: Ernest A. Burke. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 100th Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group. 4 September 1924 - 13 April 1945. As aerial gunner and crew chief of a C-47, served in campaigns of Rome-Arno, Southern France, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe, to fall in action at Nieheim, Westphalia, Germany. He lies at Margraten, Holland. Bangor High, 1942. Student at University of Maine. Air Medal with three clusters. Purple Heart. 31317911
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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