WWI · Battle Death Record
Carleton Burr
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Carleton Burr
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Unit / Regiment
- 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 19, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 2, Grave 76
Their story
Carleton Burr, a 1913 Harvard graduate from Milton, Massachusetts, enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1917 and served as a Battalion Intelligence Officer with the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Division. After being gassed and hospitalized following the Battle of Belleau Wood, he rejoined his unit on July 18, 1918. The next day, July 19, 1918, he was killed by shrapnel near Vierzy, France, during the Aisne-Marne (Second Marne) offensive.
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