Marines Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Ralph Burlingame
Ralph LeRoy Burlingame Nov. 29, 1926 - Mar. 4, 2015 BERRIEN SPRINGS - LeRoy Burlingame, 88, of Berrien Springs, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Lakeland Hospital in Niles. LeRoy was born November 29, 1926, in Chicago, IL, to Ralph H. and Ruth Branson Burlingame. He was a brother to Bessie, Ruth, Elwyn and Florence, who predeceased him; and Dorothy Hildebrand of Berrien Springs, who survives him. At the age of 16, he left home and joined the Merchant Marines during World War II. After...
