2LT Burton F. Wendt
1921 – 2012
USAAC
WWI
Burton Frank Wendt was born August 21, 1921 in Barrington to Charles and Dorothy Gilly Wendt.
He was a World War II veteran, drafted into the U.S. Army in April, 1942. He served in the Army Air Forces and was honorably discharged as a Second Lieutenant on April 20, 1945.
Three days later, on April 23, 1945, Wendt married Grace Dietrich; they raised two children.
He worked as a public utility line, and served as a Past Commander of Barrington’s American Legion Post 158.
2LT Burton Wendt died November 19, 2012 in Barrington, and is buried with his wife at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.