Lieutenant General

Allen Mitchell Burdett Jr.
Born(1921-08-25)August 25, 1921
Washington, D.C.
DiedJuly 8, 1980(1980-07-08) (aged 58)
San Antonio, Texas
Buried
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1943–1978
RankLieutenant General
Service number0-26048
Commands heldsee below
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star Medal
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Spouse(s)Antoinette Salley (1948–1980) (his death)
RelationsAllen M. Burdett, Sr. (father)
Margaret Burdett (mother)
Lucien Burdett (brother)
Allen M. Burdett III (son)
Douglas Burdett (son)
William Burdett (son)
Margaret Burdett (daughter)

Allen Mitchell Burdett Jr. (25 August 1921 – 8 July 1980) was a United States Army lieutenant general.

Early life

Burdett was born in Washington, D.C., on August 25, 1921, to Allen Sr. and Margaret Burdett. He also had a brother named Lucien. His ancestors fought in every American conflict since the Revolutionary War. His father, a highly respected military judge, became the Army's senior JAG colonel. As a Boy Scout at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Burdett began his lifelong friendship with a future United States Military Academy (USMA) classmate, Arch Hamblen. Upon graduation from Western High School in Washington, D.C., in 1939, he was appointed to the USMA by Senator Richard Russell Jr. of Georgia.

Education

Military service

Dates of rank

Assignments

Personal life

On 19 April 1948, Burdett married Antoinette Salley in Asheville, North Carolina. Together they had four children (Allen III, Douglas, William, and Margaret). His daughter was killed in a car accident in 1984. His wife died on April 24, 2008.

After retirement

He continued his work with the Board of Directors of the United Services Automobile Association (USAA). He was a longtime member of the Army-Navy Town Club and the Army-Navy Country Club; as a member of the Falls Church Presbyterian Church, Falls Church, Virginia, he served as a deacon; as a member of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, he was a ruling elder. He was also a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Death

Burdett died of cancer on July 8, 1980, in San Antonio, Texas, following a two-month illness. He was buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.[7]

Awards & decorations

In 1980 he was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Lt. Gen. Allen M. Burdett Jr. Army Aviation Flight Safety Award was named in his honor in 1970.

The National Boy Scout Court of Honor awarded him the Silver Beaver, one of scouting's highest awards.

The San Antonio chapter of the American Red Cross honored him by establishing a volunteer award in his name.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Army Register (1946)
  2. ↑ U.S. Army Register (1948)
  3. ↑ U.S. Army Register (1956), Volume 1
  4. ↑ U.S. Army Register (1961), Volume 1
  5. ↑ U.S. Army Register (1967), Volume 1
  6. ↑ "Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 255th Infantry Regiment" (PDF). 63d Infantry Division.
  7. ↑ "Map Layout of Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery". Archived from the original on 16 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Allen M. Burdett Jr". Hall of Valor. Military Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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