Edwin R. Burmeister

France; Delaware; / World War II
  • Military specialty: Unknown
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b. 11 Jan 1928, d. 6 Oct 1991.  Born to Arthur C. and Elizabeth (Pufahl) Burmeister  near Jeffers, MN. He enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marines in 1944 and in the US Army in 1946 and, following a 3+ year tour of duty in France, was discharged from the US Army in 1949. He married Carmen LaFort of Paris, France, on 5 Aug 1948.  In 1950 they returned to the US and made their home in Wilmington, DE where he worked as a foreman for Chrysler Corporation until he retired on disability at age 55.

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