Monday, May 31, 2010
Harlan County Family Finds Loved One's Grave
KENTUCKY....
Dominique Van de Straete, a woman caring for the grave of American World War II serviceman Henry Lee Burkhart at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, has helped a Harlan County family solve the mystery of where their relative was buried. Knowing from the grave marker that Burkhart was from Harlan County, that he served in the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Regiment and that he died February 5, 1945, the woman contacted The Courier-Journal, which placed a short item in its features section, eventually finding its way to Burkhart's great-nephew Daniel Blevins who hopes to soon visit the grave.
Dominique Van de Straete, a woman caring for the grave of American World War II serviceman Henry Lee Burkhart at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, has helped a Harlan County family solve the mystery of where their relative was buried. Knowing from the grave marker that Burkhart was from Harlan County, that he served in the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, 38th Regiment and that he died February 5, 1945, the woman contacted The Courier-Journal, which placed a short item in its features section, eventually finding its way to Burkhart's great-nephew Daniel Blevins who hopes to soon visit the grave.
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