Upon moving to Manhattan in 1951, he joined the Seven Dolors Catholic Church. He was discharged in August of 1947 with the rank of Tech Sergeant.Įd was a member of the Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Common Land where he was baptized, received his first communion and went through confirmation. His military honors included being the recipient of the Army Occupation Medal, the WW II Victory Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. Army where he served with the 10th Army Combat Engineer Battalion with an assignment to Okinawa.
In August of 1945, Ed was drafted into the U.S. Armed Services, he returned home and finished his senior year of high school in Circleville, Kansas. He attended secondary education classes in Holton, Kansas. He was born on March 1, 1927, in Mayetta, Kansas, the son of George Raymond and Lucy (Blandin) Burns.Įd was raised on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Common Land where he was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe. “Buzz” Burns, Sr., age 86, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Saturday morning, February 15, 2014, at his residence.
