Pfc. Hance W. Burrow, Jr. 38507096 POW

Pfc. Hance W. Burrow, Jr. 38507096, US Army POW. He was the son of Caroline C. and Hance W. Burrow, Sr. He was born September 5, 1921, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He attended Hendrix College at Conway, afterwards being employed by Fisher Aircraft Company at Memphis, Tennessee. Entering the Army May 14, 1943. He received basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and attended Army Special Training Program School at The Citadel, Charleston, S. C., qualifying as Light Machine Gunner and as Expert with rifle, carbine, and pistol. He served in Company K, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, Pfc. Burrow departed October 5, 1944, for Marseilles, France. He served overseas for ten months, he participated in Rhineland and Central European campaigns and was taken prisoner by the Germans on April 5, 1945 near Hielbronn, Germany, after having made a river crossing on April 4, 1945. He was returned to the American lines on April 28th and hospitalized for several months before being sent back to the United States on a hospital ship. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Purple Heart Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, prisoner of war medal, the Good Conduct Medal, The American Theater of operations, the European Theater of Operations Medal ETO with 2 battle star, and the World War Two Victory Medal and Distinguished Unit Citation. After being honorably discharged February 17, 1946, at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, he returned to his home in Morrilton, Arkansas.

 

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