Burr Carleton

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Carleton Burr is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

American Volunteer Monument Paris

Name:

Carleton Burr

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

6th Marines

Date of Death:

1918-07-19

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Aisne Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Franc

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

French Croix de Guerre

Comments:

Born August 20, 1891, in Milton, Massachusetts. Son of I. Tucker and Alice M. Peters Burr. Educated Noble and Greenough School, Boston, Milton Academy, and Harvard University, Class of 1913. Plattsburg Camp. Grenfell Mission. With Kidder, Peabody and Company and Paul Revere Trust Company. Joined American Field Service, February 12, 1916, attached Section Two, as Chef with Section Nine, August, 1916, to January 21, 1917. Returned to America. Enlisted U. S. Marine Corps, June. Commissioned Lieutenant, training at Quantico, Virginia, attached 6th Regiment Marines. Battalion Intelligence Officer. Gassed, Belleau Wood, June, 1918. Killed in action near Vierzy, July 19, 1918.