US Army, Korea, 1951-1953.

Herald News, July 24, 1975:
JOHN HENRY BURBA HAS FATAL HEART ATTACK
John Henry Burba, owner of John H. Burba Hardware Store in this city died late Sunday afternoon at Hardin Memorial Hosp in Elizabethtown a short while after suffering a heart attack at the Etown Flying Service field near Etown, where he was preparing to take a flying lesson. He was 46 years of age.
He was a member of the Larue County Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the Hodgenville Rotary Club and the Official Board of Hodgenville Christian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nancy Howell Burba; two daughters, Mrs. Harry (Jane) Owen, of Elizabethtown, and Miss Ellen Burba at home; one son, John H. "Hank" Burba, III, at home; his mother, Mrs. Wayne (Sally) Ennis of this city, and one sister, Mrs. Richard (June) Mullins. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
His father, Paul R. Burba, died a number of years ago.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hodgenville Chirstian Church, with interment in Red Hill Cemetery here. Brownfield Funeral Home, of this city, was in charge of arrangements.