African American, Company B, Alaska Highway. Born: 27 January 1917, Raleigh, North Carolina. Died: 11 February 1998, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. He is buried at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, NC. Enlisted: 14 October 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 21 December 1945.
Education: four years high school. Civil occupation: He was employed at General Refactories. His father was Richard W. Burton (1893-1974), a farm laborer and his mother was Myrtle Verbal (1894-1936). He married Betsie Hopkins.
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