Pvt. Ernest C. Burkett

Obituary Record 103317

Date of Birth:	Mar 25, 1895 (Mon)
Date of Death:	Jan 18, 1919 (Sat)
Age:	23
Source:	The Bremen Enquirer
Source Date:	Jan 23, 1919 (Thu)
Source Page:	1
Notes:
Birth date is taken from the book 'Indiana World War Records' available online at www.hathitrust.org. That source includes a brief biography and also a picture of Private Burket (spelled with one 't'). Also, that source gives his death date as 1/19/1918. The notice of his death is from the January 23, 1919 Bremen Enquirer. It states that Pvt. Burkett died at midnight Saturday, which may be taken to be Saturday, 1/18/1919 or Sunday, 1/19/1919. The year is 1919, not 1918.

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