SEAMAN 1/c CLIFTON I. BURNO, 2030638 KIA

SEAMAN 1/c CLIFTON I. BURNO, 2030638 KIA US Navy. Seaman Burno graduated from Haverhill High School in 1937. He was a member of the school band and the John Greenleaf Whittier Chapter of DeMolay. After graduating he was employed by the Bay State Laundry for a short period and then worked for Pratt & ·Whitney Co. until he enlisted in the Navy on September 28, 1942. He received his boot training at the Great Lakes Training Station and from there traveled to Treasure Island where he was shipped immediately overseas. He was assigned to the attack transport USS President Adams APA as acting coxswain of a personnel landing craft. During loading operations at Guadalcanal on October 12, 1943, he was killed in an accident. He is buried in a military cemetery on Guadalcanal. Seaman Burno leaves his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Burno, Simsbury, Conn., his mother, Mrs. Blanche E. Burno, 9 Day St., and three brothers.

1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill  in World War Two