Burnight, Pfc. Wm. Francis (Died 1944)

BURNIGHT, STINTON

Posted By: linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 6/16/2010 at 15:40:08

FORMER AKRON BOY KILLED IN ACTION ON LEYTE ISLAND

Word has been received of the death of Pfc. William Francis Burnight, second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Burnight of Los Angeles, Calif., former residents of Akron. He was the grandson of Mrs. Sadie Stinton and Mrs. Delia Burnight of Akron.

Pfc. Burnight was a Paratrooper of the 187th Glider Infantry and was killed in action on Leyte Island, of the Philippine Islands, on December 6, 1944. Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, James Burnight, of the U.S. Marine Corps; Virgil T. Burnight, S 1/c, of the U.S.N.R.; and Cecil Burnight, at his home in Los Angeles.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, Jan. 30, 1945