Boyce Hayes Burleson

The headstone of Boyce H Burleson in the Kidwell/Robertson Family Cemetery in Fairfax, VA. The inscription reads "S. Sgt. US Army/World War II".

According to the North Carolina Birth Index Record, Boyce Hayes Burleson was born in 1917 in Stanly, NC, with Jonah Curtis Burleson listed as his father.

According to the 1920 Federal Census, Boyce was two years old, lived in Stanly, North Carolina with his parents, Jonah (Farmer, 46) and Ella (44) Burleson, his grandmother, Dovie Burleson (65), and his eight siblings, Felton (16), Annie (14), W Cravon (12), Lee (10), Charles (8), Jonah (4), Cecil (4), and J Heath (5 months).

According the the U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, Boyce was living in Stanly, NC, enlisted as a private on 01/09/1942 in Fort Bragg, NC, had four years of high school education, was a general office clerk, was single, without dependents, was 5'7'' tall and weighed 128 lbs. His Term of Enlistment was "Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law."

According to the Social Security Death Index Record, Burleson died in Fairfax, VA on 01/16/1999.