Vincent Astor BURT

M, b. 6 February 1927, d. 4 March 2020
Pedigree
Relationship
Uncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Vincent Burt at the grave of his brother, George E. Burt
     Vincent Astor BURT, son of Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS, was born on 6 February 1927 in Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama. Vincent Astor BURT also went by the name of Skeeter.

Vincent Astor BURT appeared on a census, enumerated 15 April 1930, in the household of his parents Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS in Beat 2, Bibb County, Alabama. He was recorded as Vincent A. Burt, age 3.1
Mallory, Varner, George, and Vincent Burt, c1936


Vincent Astor BURT appeared on a census, enumerated 17 April 1940, in the household of his parents Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS in West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama. He was listed as Vincent Burt, age 13, with 6 years of school.

Vincent was registered for the draft during World War II on 12 February 1945 while living in West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama. He was 18 years old and attending high school. He was discribed as 5' 10", 157 lbs., with gray eyes, black hair and a ruddy complexion.2

Vincent Astor BURT was mentioned in the obituary of George Edsel BURT on 12 April 1945 in the Centreville Press. There was no mention of him in service and he was living in West Bloction at that time.3

Vincent began military service at age 18 on 8 June 1945 in Fort McClellan, Alabama. He served as a private guarding prisoners of war for the U. S. Army during the occupation in Germany. He was sent overseas after the surrender of Japan when he was only 18 years old. He earned $17.50 per month in the Army and was able to visit the Rhine River and other sites while in Germany.

Vincent was a logger in I. L. Burt & Sons, West Blocton. Later he retired from a brick company in Birmingham.

Vincent Astor BURT was mentioned in the obituary of George Edsel BURT on 28 October 1948 in the The Centreville Press. He was back in West Blocton, but was said to have been with the Army overseas and had visited his brother George's grave in Holland.4

Vincent Astor BURT witnessed the obituary of Mallory McCoy BURT on 2 February 1999 in the Birmingham News.5

Vincent Astor BURT died on 4 March 2020 in Bibb County, Alabama, at age 93. He was buried in Burt Family Cemetery, West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama.
Last Edited=2 May 2021

Citations

  1. [S475] 1930 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Irby L. Burt household No. 133, ED 4-3, sheet 8A, pg. 31.
  2. [S722] National Archives and Records Administration, "U.S. World War II Army Draft Records", Vincent Astor Burt, serial # 309, order # 11919.
  3. [S279] Centreville Press, 12 April 1945, "Pfc. George Burt Killed in Action."
  4. [S279] Centreville Press, Final Rites - 28 Oct 1948.
  5. [S278] Birmingham News, 2 February 1999, pg. 4B, Obituary of Mallory McCoy Burt.

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