TY  - GEN
AB  - Photograph.

Photocopy of discharge papers.

Gift of daughter Gwen Whitaker.
DA  - 1923
DA  - 1923-1994
ID  - 1241
KW  - Bruton, Carroll Leon. (1923-1994)
L1  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg
L1  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg
L2  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg
L2  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg
L4  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg
L4  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg
LK  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg
LK  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg
N1  - Carroll L. Bruton was born July 15, 1923 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, son of Robert and Laird Williams Bruton.  He attended Braceville High School.  Carroll married Leota Toles in 1947 and they had three children, Gwen (April 3, 1948), Carolyn (September 7, 1949) and Carroll Leon, Jr. (May 1, 1952).  Mr. Bruton worked for 28 years as a welder at Republic Steel and L.T.V. Steel, and retired in 1988.  He enjoyed boxing during his military service and after the war.  He attended the First Baptist Church in Braceville where he resided.  Mr. Bruton died May 23, 1994 at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Youngstown and was buried in Braceville Cemetery.


Mr. Bruton was a Sergeant in the United States Army and served as a truck driver for the Red Ball Express, delivering fuel for the tanks in General Patton's army.  He returned home from the war on the USS Victory in January, 1946.
N2  - Photograph.

Photocopy of discharge papers.

Gift of daughter Gwen Whitaker.
PY  - 1923
PY  - 1923-1994
T1  - Carroll Leon Bruton.
TI  - Carroll Leon Bruton.
UR  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg
UR  - https://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg
Y1  - 1923
ER  -