Evergreen native killed during D-Day finally returns home

Evergreen native killed during D-Day finally returns home

CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY)– After more decades of being pronounced dead, one Columbus County native is finally buried right next to his family. On Saturday, Evergreen native William Burns was buried at Chadbourn Memorial Cemetery with full military honors after dying aboard the USS Glennon off the coast of Normandy on June 8, 1944. During the D-Day invasion, the ship struck a sea mine, though the exact cause of Burns’ death remains unknown. For years…