000001241 001__ 1241 000001241 005__ 20240627153316.0 000001241 02480 $$a050-007-092 000001241 037__ $$aGENERAL 000001241 245__ $$aCarroll Leon Bruton. 000001241 260__ $$c1923-1994 000001241 269__ $$a1923$$b1994 000001241 300__ $$cPhotograph 13.5 x 8.5 cm 000001241 336__ $$aStill Image 000001241 347__ $$bjpeg 000001241 500__ $$aCarroll 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. 000001241 520__ $$aPhotograph. Photocopy of discharge papers. Gift of daughter Gwen Whitaker. 000001241 533__ $$cGwen Whitaker 000001241 541__ $$fGwen Whitaker 000001241 650__ $$aBruton, Carroll Leon. (1923-1994) 000001241 655__ $$aPhotograph and photocopy of document 000001241 8564_ $$9fc3b75ea-a888-4a9c-af19-bbc07599d8c2$$s1958248$$uhttps://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/001.jpg 000001241 8564_ $$9b2a027fe-7edb-494a-b3c6-f84482191b33$$s6797059$$uhttps://trumbullmemory.org/record/1241/files/002.jpg 000001241 980__ $$aTrumbull County Veterans of World War II