Age 80, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Sergeant Burdine died Friday at his residence. Burial with full military honors will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born September 18, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to James Ervin and Grace Leona (Dickerson) Burdine. He married Marlies Burghardt on December 22, 1955 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. He entered the U.S. Army on February 26, 1946 and was retired at Fort Sill on August 30, 1976. He had served three tours of duty in Korea and Germany and had served one tour of duty in Vietnam. His awards include the World War II Victory Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm, One Overseas Service Bar, the National Defense Service Medal with first oak leaf cluster, Korean Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, Army of Occupation Medal (Japan), German Army Marksmanship Award in Bronze, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Expert Qualification Badge Rifle M-16, Bronze Star Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal with seventh award. Following his retirement from the army he worked maintenance and security for Security Bank from 1978 until 1995. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a life member of Lawton Lodge #183 and Mt. Scott Lodge #540. He was a member of the York Rite, a Past Master and Past President of the Sojourners. He had been chapter dad for DeMolay, a Boy Scout and Civil Defense Volunteer. He was a member of the VFW, the American Legion and the DAV. He is survived by his wife, of the home; two sons and a daughter in law, James Ervin and Judi Burdine, Henderson, Nevada, and Frederick Daniel Burdine, Detroit, Michigan; a daughter and son in law, Barbara Leona and Bart Johnston, Lawton; six grandchildren, Liam, Michael, Megan, Frank, Adam and Timothy; three great grandchildren, Michelle Steed, Frederick, Oklahoma, and Adria and Abigail Benoit, both of Lawton; three brothers, Homer Burdine, Indianapolis, Indiana, Walter Burdine, Freedom, Indiana, and Ivan Burdine, Pensacola, Florida; numerous nieces and nephews. His brothers, Leon Summers, Glenn, Ralph, Floyd, Cecil and Benny Burdine, and sisters, Barbara Kershey and Lorene Burdine, preceded him in death.