Background
Burnett, Charles was born on October 28, 1877 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jackson G. and Nancy (Smith) Burnett.
Burnett, Charles was born on October 28, 1877 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jackson G. and Nancy (Smith) Burnett.
Student Blackburn College, Illinois, 1894-1895. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1901.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1901, and advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1937. Chief Bureau Insular Affairs, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1937.
Married Frances Hawks Cameron, March 15, 1905.