Burley had 10 siblings: Belvy Leila Glasscock (West), Earl Smith Glasscock, Robert Dolphus "Dolf" Glasscock, Minnie Mavis Glasscock (Jones), Henry Walter Glasscock, William Albert "Bill" Glasscock, George Almus Glasscock and Mabel Eleanor Glasscock (both of whom died in infancy), Herman Otis "Lefty" Glasscock and Ethel B. Glasscock (Shane).
He enlisted in the US Army on August 13, 1918. As the story goes, Burley (wearing his uniform in the picture to the right) got on the train to go to war on 11 Nov 1918 only to get right back off again after it was announced WWI had ended. He went back to live at his mother's home, who was by now a widow; he was discharged from the Army on January 4, 1919. Burley was a farmer who never married or had children.
Burley died in Wesley, Oklahoma on April 26, 1961. He was buried alongside his family at Wesley Cemetery.
Burley had 10 siblings: Belvy Leila Glasscock (West), Earl Smith Glasscock, Robert Dolphus "Dolf" Glasscock, Minnie Mavis Glasscock (Jones), Henry Walter Glasscock, William Albert "Bill" Glasscock, George Almus Glasscock and Mabel Eleanor Glasscock (both of whom died in infancy), Herman Otis "Lefty" Glasscock and Ethel B. Glasscock (Shane).
He enlisted in the US Army on August 13, 1918. As the story goes, Burley (wearing his uniform in the picture to the right) got on the train to go to war on 11 Nov 1918 only to get right back off again after it was announced WWI had ended. He went back to live at his mother's home, who was by now a widow; he was discharged from the Army on January 4, 1919. Burley was a farmer who never married or had children.
Burley died in Wesley, Oklahoma on April 26, 1961. He was buried alongside his family at Wesley Cemetery.
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PVT 13 CO 162 DEPOT BRIGADE WWI
Family Members
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Belvy Leila Glasscock West
1889–1929
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Earl Smith Glasscock
1890–1967
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Robert Dolphus "Dolph" Glasscock
1893–1980
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Minnie Mavis Glasscock Jones
1896–1988
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Henry Walter Glasscock
1898–1981
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William Albert "Bill" Glasscock
1901–2004
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George Almus Glasscock
1903–1903
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Mabel Eleanor Glasscock
1904–1905
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Herman Otis "Lefty" Glasscock
1907–1991
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Ethel B Glasscock Shane
1912–1963
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