Joseph L. Burns
Era | WWII |
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Branch | U.S. Army Air Force |
Rank | Technical Sergeant |
Military Decorations | Purple Heart |
Wall | EE |
Wall Side | 1 |
Row | 1 |
Plaque Number | 11 |
Joe Burns served as Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 "Lopn' Lobo" 401st Bomb Group-613th Squadron. Shot down over Europe, he survived torture and starvation as a POW. Joe also survived the 90-day Black Death March.
MEDALS-RIBBONS: Good Conduct, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, WWII, Prisoner of War