Name:
Carleton Burr
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
6th Marines
Date of Death:
1918-07-19
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Aisne Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Franc
Plot:
A
Row:
2
Grave:
76
Decoration:
French Croix de Guerre
Comments:
Born August 20, 1891, in Milton, Massachusetts. Son of I. Tucker and Alice M. Peters Burr. Educated Noble and Greenough School, Boston, Milton Academy, and Harvard University, Class of 1913. Plattsburg Camp. Grenfell Mission. With Kidder, Peabody and Company and Paul Revere Trust Company. Joined American Field Service, February 12, 1916, attached Section Two, as Chef with Section Nine, August, 1916, to January 21, 1917. Returned to America. Enlisted U. S. Marine Corps, June. Commissioned Lieutenant, training at Quantico, Virginia, attached 6th Regiment Marines. Battalion Intelligence Officer. Gassed, Belleau Wood, June, 1918. Killed in action near Vierzy, July 19, 1918.