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Holmes Burton

Name:
Burton Holmes
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
371st Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1918-09-28
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
Plot:
F
Row:
33
Grave:
21
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, Italian Cross of Military Valor
Comments:

Burton Holmes was born in 1896 in Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina. He served in Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division (Colored) as a Private during World War I. He was Killed in Action on September 28, 1918 and is now buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
For extraordinary heroism in action while serving near Hill 188, France, 28 September 1918. After he had been badly wounded and his automatic rifle had been put out of commission, Private Holmes returned to his company, under extremely heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and taking another automatic rifle, went back and reopened fire on the enemy. While thus engaged he was killed.