Soldier Details

Division:

Army
175th INF 29th Division

Highest Rank:

CPL

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Mar 7, 1944 - Feb 27, 1946

Honored By:

Katie DeSotell and Mary Ann Frantzen, nieces

Biography

CPL Burton Needham served in the European Theatre in Northern France and the Rhineland Campaign. Like many who served, he left behind his wife, Helene, and young daughter, Mary Sue, to join the Army during WWII. He wrote to them often and returned home to his family in 1946.