Name:
Forest Gale Burk
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
18194673
Unit:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-26
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands
Plot:
A
Row:
4
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Forest Gale Burk was born on September 27, 1923 in Hillsdale, Oklahoma. He served in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Sergeant during World War II. SGT Burk died on September 26, 1944 at the age of 20 during the liberation of Eerde, The Netherlands and is now buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. He also has a cenotaph located in Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma.