Name:
William C. Burley
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
420th Air Refueling Squadron
Date of Death:
1957-02-02
State:
California
Cemetery:
Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced County, California
Plot:
New Asphodel Section, Veteran Plot
Row:
Grave:
183
Decoration:
Comments:
William C. Burley was born on August 8, 1927. At the time of his death, he was serving in the 420th Air Refueling Squadron. He was one of the crew members and a casualty of the two KB-29 mid-air collision over Normandy, France, on February 2, 1957. Their plane crashed near the village of Morigny, 20 miles from St. Lo. SSgt Burley is now buried in the Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced County, California, USA.