Sgt. John Franklin Burner III died on September 16, 2010, while serving his Country in Iraq. Born on February 19, 1978 [age 32 years] at GBMC in Towson Md., he was a graduate of Catonsville High School in 1996. He joined the U.S. Army and met his wife Verena Schubert while stationed in Germany. He is survived by his beloved wife Verena and two daughters, Celina age 10 and Caitlyn age 6; his loving parents, John and Sandra of Catonsville Md.; his two brothers , Adam and Carl Burner, Carl is currently deployed to Iraq and is a Sergeant with the U.S. Army reserve. John also leaves behind three Grand-Parents, Margaret Burner of Roanoke Va., Gladys Smoot of Spring Texas and Melvin Baumer of Catonsville Md. He is also survived by his Great Grandmother Martha DelaPena of Texas. Sgt. Burner has been deployed four times. Once to Bosnia, and three times to Iraq. He has had a spotless military career of thirteen years, is highly decorated and will receive the Bronze Star posthumously. He was deployed overseas to Iraq, as part of the 63rd Battalion (Expeditionary), 35th Signal Brigade to which he was a Satellite Systems Team Chief. John was a leader of soldiers and a wonderful husband, father, son and brother. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Friday, September 24, 2010 from 3-5:00 PM and 7-9:00 PM in HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. John will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 11:00 AM. John will be sorely missed. You are using an outdated web browser that does not support this video. Your browser does not support this video format. You should be able to view it in Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer. $(document).ready(function(){ if ( false === supports_h264_baseline_video() ) { $("#vdfmtnt").show(); $("#vidplyr1").hide(); }
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