John August Burnside was born Dec. 16, 1916 to Lester Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Melcher Burnside. He died Aug. 9, 1945 and is was buried at sea and memorialized in Calvary Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA and at Court 5, Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Burnside served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Borie (DD-215) and was KIA off the coast of Honshu, Japan and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com
