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Sgt Burton Howard Fossum

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Sgt Burton Howard Fossum
Birthdate:	September 29, 1916
Birthplace:	Norway Lake, Kandiyohi County, North Dakota, United States
Death:	October 16, 1943 (27) Italy (KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY)
Place of Burial:	Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Ludvig Amundson Fossum and Johanna Iverine (Hanna) Fossum Brother of Leonard Orville Fossum; Velma Johanna Elvehjem; Fern (Elfern) Geneva Hollom; Myron Ellsworth Fossum; Clayton Enos Fossum and 1 other; and Evelyn Harriet Gauer « less

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Last Updated:	March 7, 2021

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http://www.usmhc.org/Fallen/Fossum_Burton.pdf

Name: BURTON HOWARD FOSSUM - SERGEANT Where lived: NORWAY LAKE Date of Birth: 29 SEPTEMBER 1916 Branch: US ARMY Date of Loss: 16 OCTOBER 1943 Other information: ENTERED ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1941 AND TRAINED AT CAMP ROBERTS CALIFORNIA, CAMP PICKETT VIRGINIA, FORT LEWIS WASHINGTON AND FORT ORD CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS TO LAND AT NORTH AFRICA. SERVED AS A BODYGUARD FOR ROOSEVELT AT CASABLANCA, SAW ACTION AT TUNISIA, SICILY AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION

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1916	September 29, 1916	Birth of Sgt Burton Howard Fossum Norway Lake, Kandiyohi County, North Dakota, United States
1943	October 16, 1943 Age 27	Death of Sgt Burton Howard Fossum Italy
????		Burial of Sgt Burton Howard Fossum East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States

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