Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Blackburn

First Name: Burl David

Father's Name: William Blackburn

Mother's Maiden Name: Luella Link

Spouse's Name: Emma Jane Schamp

Death Date: Jan 11, 1945

Cause of Death: Casualty of War

Death Location: Luxemborg

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader, Apr 22, 1949

Additional: Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Siferd and Brookhart Funeral Home, Wapakoneta, for Sgt. Burl David Blackburn, who was killed January 11, 1945, at Luxemborg, in the Battle of the Bulge. He enlisted in the Army on March 9, 1943, going overseas on April 1, 1944. Born September 7, 1918, four miles northwest of Wapakoneta, he was the son of William and Luella Link Blackburn, who survive. On June 18, 1939, he married Emma Jane Schamp who also survives with the grandmother, Mrs. Anna Ambos of Wapakoneta; two brothers, Gale, of near St. Marys; and Guy of Wapakoneta; and one sister, Mrs. Frederick Koch of Cridersville. He had been employed at the Monarch, Sidney, previous to his enlistment Burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery. The V.F.W. will have the military rites.



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