Samuel J. Burns
Rank: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force
Serial: 12034212
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Technical Sergeant Samuel J. Burns was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Burns. He grew up in Gloucester City, New Jersey, where his parents lived at 215 Orlando Avenue. He attended Gloucester High School, where he managed the school football team. After graduating, he played with the semi-pro Gloucester Crescents. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia and worked at a shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland before enlisting in the United States Army in March of 1941.
Samuel Burns qualified for flight duty and was part of a bomber crew when he was killed over Germany on December 19, 1943. He was 22 at the time. Samuel Burns was survived by his parents and a brother, George Burns, who was then serving with the Seabees in California. His parents were notified on January 13, 1944 of his death, which was reported in the evening edition of the Saturday, February 5, 1944 Camden Courier-Post.