Joseph Luther Burner
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Title
Joseph Luther Burner
Subject
Burner, Joseph Luther
World War (1939-1945)
Description
An image of Joseph Luther Burner of Maurertown Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 7, 1942 and was trained in Parris Island South Carolina.
On October 26 1942 he was deployed to the Pacific where he served in the Gilbert Islands, at Tarawa, and in the Mariana Island chain.
Burner participated in the invasion of Saipan in June of 1944. He was killed in action on that island on June 15, 1944.
His father, and veteran of World War One, lamented “I think there must be some whose hearts have guessed, the agony that longing fathers know, who dare not kiss their sons before they go.”
On October 26 1942 he was deployed to the Pacific where he served in the Gilbert Islands, at Tarawa, and in the Mariana Island chain.
Burner participated in the invasion of Saipan in June of 1944. He was killed in action on that island on June 15, 1944.
His father, and veteran of World War One, lamented “I think there must be some whose hearts have guessed, the agony that longing fathers know, who dare not kiss their sons before they go.”
Source
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia, 8.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca. 1942
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Relation
Letter notifying the family of Private Joseph Luther Burner (son of Louis Joseph Burner) that he was killed in action is available at http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25588, Morrison Studio image 001913
Citation
“Joseph Luther Burner,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11382.
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