Dwight H. Burns

NOBC # 914

U. S. Army

First Lieutenant

509 Parachute Battalion, 5th Army

October 23, 1941 - December 1, 1945

Born: 6/27/1920

Battlefield Commission: June 25, 1943, Oujda North Africa

Leader "A" Stage - The Parachute School, Fort Benning, GA

May 13, 1944 - December 1, 1945

Awards:

• Combat Infantryman's Badge

• Parachute Wings with 2 Combat Stars

• Bronze Star

• Purple Heart

• Army Good Conduct Medal

• American Defense Service Medal

• American Campaign

• European-African-Middle Easter Campaign Medal

  • 2 Battle Stars

• World War II Victory Medal

• Armed Forces Reserve - Army

• Blue Bar - Presidential Unit Citation

• Medal of Valor - National Order of Battlefield Commissions

Family: Spouse Cleo England Burns 

           Children Janet, Steven, Douglass, Jacqueline

Dwight Burns on Left