Husband: Argel Glen Burton
Born: Aug-30-1916 in Conings, Gilmer Co, WV 1,2
Died: Aug- 9-1944 in St. Malo, France 3,2
Buried: in Brittany American Cemetery, France 4
Census: 1930, 1940 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: construction engineer, Cumberland, MD 2
Education: Rush Fork School 3
Military: (enlisted 10/6/1942) Pfc, 330 Inf, 83 Div, US Army, WW II (Europe, KIA, Purple Heart) 5,6,4,7,2 (see note 1)
Father: Eustace Hays Burton (1890 - 1958)
Mother: Minnie Olive Scott (1895 - 1983)
Wife: Patricia Ann Hill 8 Married: Sep- 5-1942 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD 9
Born: Mar- 1-1924 in Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 9 Died: Dec- 1-2010 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD 9 Resided: 1944 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD 8,3 Father: Mother: Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Barbara Jean Burton
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Obituary. (3) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 158. (4) World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) (5) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (6) WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database online], Ancestry.com and American Battle Monuments Commission. (7) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (8) Obituary of husband. (9) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) Event Notes Note (1) Killed in action at St. Malo, France. Awarded the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the European African Middle Eastern Theater Medal.