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MENASHA’S ISLE OF VALOR MEMORIAL PAVER A

MENASHA’S ISLE OF VALOR MEMORIAL PAVER A
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Location: 640 KEYS STREET

City: MENASHA

State: Wisconsin

Zip Code: 54952

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Bricks and Pavers

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: MELINDA ROBERTS

Submitted By: WISCONSINHISTORICALMARKERS.BLOGSPOT.COM

First Sergeant Burr’s official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty. During an attack near Buna, New Guinea, on 24 December 1942, 1st Sgt. Burr saw an enemy grenade strike near his company commander. Instantly and with heroic self-sacrifice he threw himself upon it, smothering the explosion with his body. 1st Sgt. Burr thus gave his life in saving that of his commander.

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