African American. Alaska Highway. Company D. Born: 5 July 1918, Dublin, NC. Died: 29 March 1986, Baltimore, MD. Enlisted: 27 November 1945, Ft. Bragg, NC. Regular Army. Discharged: 24 May 1947.
Education: grammar school. Civilian occupation: In 1940 census recorded as a new worker and WW2 draft card records employment at Bladenboro Oil Mill. His father was James Burden (1891-1976) and mother was Ethel Burden, employed as cook at a foundry.
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