Oda Taylor Burgess was born in 1915 in Range, Texas County, Oklahoma to James Jonathan Burgess 1877-1918 and Caldonia Dryman Johnson 1877-1973.
He was raised in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles and in May of 1941 enlisted in the US Army. After basic training he was sent to Wake Island, where he was killed by Japanese invaders.
He is among the hundreds of servicemen buried on Wake Island - and this Memorial does not mark his grave but instead commemorates his life and sacrifice.
Oda Taylor Burgess was born in 1915 in Range, Texas County, Oklahoma to James Jonathan Burgess 1877-1918 and Caldonia Dryman Johnson 1877-1973.
He was raised in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles and in May of 1941 enlisted in the US Army. After basic training he was sent to Wake Island, where he was killed by Japanese invaders.
He is among the hundreds of servicemen buried on Wake Island - and this Memorial does not mark his grave but instead commemorates his life and sacrifice.
Family Members
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Jasper Larking Burgess
1895–1963
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Francis Joshua Burgess
1896–1986
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Edna Belle Burgess
1898–1978
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Bertha Mae Burgess Timmons
1900–1984
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William Dudley "Bob" Burgess
1902–1995
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Thomas Edgar Burgess
1904–1985
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Gladys Marie Burgess Collier
1908–1977
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Joseph Earl Burgess
1910–1920
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James O. Burgess
1914–1920
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Tec5 Oda Burgess
1915–1944
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Opal Audine Burgess Anderson
1918–2009
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