Burton, Filmore Ernest
Navy Machinist’s mate 3rd class

Filmore Ernest Burton from Princes George’s County Hyattsville, Maryland .

Parents: Charles Ernest Burton

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Evening Star (1945)