Name:
William Burton Malick
Rank:
Corporal
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Date of Death:
1943-08-02
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois
Plot:
3, 304-H
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William Burton Malick was born on November 25, 1921 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He was the son of Harold Malick and Patronella Wolfrom Malick. He served in the US Air Corps as a Corporal and Radio Operator of an aircraft during World War II. He died on August 2, 1943 at the age of 21 in China and is now buried in the Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA in a common grave with Flight Officer William E. James. William was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.