Burleigh E. Curtis

World War II
Service #O-745311
Unit377th Squadron, 362nd Fighter Bomber Group
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of DeathJune 13 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. Burleigh E. Curtis, were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Brittany American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.