Louis J. Burner
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Title
Louis J. Burner
Subject
Burner, Louis Joseph (1894-1974)
Description
Portrait photograph of Louis Joseph Burner wearing a suit and bow tie.
Louis served in the U.S. Army during the First World War (WWI).
His son, Joseph Luther Burner, was killed in action in the Second World War (WWII) while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps on Saipain.
Louis wrote of his death “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.”
Louis served in the U.S. Army during the First World War (WWI).
His son, Joseph Luther Burner, was killed in action in the Second World War (WWII) while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps on Saipain.
Louis wrote of his death “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.”
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "1936" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2008 by Graham Conner.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Louis J. Burner appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 009769 and 014937.
Letter notifying the family of Private Joseph Luther Burner (son of Louis Joseph Burner) that he was killed in action is available at in Morrison Studio image 001913
Identifier
014937
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Louis J. Burner,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed October 16, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/44861.
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