Unit: 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, HQ and Recon Company

Born: 15 November 1921   Place: Rowley, Iowa

Died: 12 April 1945   Place: Barby, Germany  Burried: Brandon, Iowa

Wife: Margaret Bullock    Married:  27 January 1943

Remarried: Margaret Goodman

Children: Margaret Lynn

Father: Will A. Sloan    Mother: Esther N. Sloan

Brothers: Claire, Gerard and William (Billy)   Sisters: Mrs. Russel Shaffer and Shirley

Awards

Silver Star   -    Purple Heart

On April 12^th 1945 around 1500 hours 1^st Platoon of the Recon Company 643^rd Tank Destroyer Battalion left the hamlet Wespen driving on the secondary road leading east into the city of Barby, just as the Platoon approached almost the outskirts west of Barby three jeeps and two (M8) Armored cars received a heavy burst of fire from out the city outskirts, wounding quite a few men and later proved 5 men were killed, Burl was one of them.

Burl was first Temporary buried at The Netherlands American Military Cemetery at Margraten. In May 1948 Burl's remains were returned home to Brandon and reburied at the Brandon Cemetery in Brandon, Iowa.

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