Burroughs commanded the *Dried Fish*, the flagship of the Principality of Zeon's specialized Living Dead Division. Like the pilots he led, Burroughs was an amputee, utilizing a prosthetic right arm. He possessed brown hair reaching his neck, a beard, and a moustache, typically wearing a cap. Burroughs led his ship during fierce combat operations within the Thunderbolt Sector, a perilous shoal zone formed from the debris of the former Colony Side 4 "Moore." There, the Living Dead Division, including Burroughs and his bridge crew, clashed with the Earth Federation Forces' prototype Full Armor Gundam. Burroughs and his key bridge officers were killed when the Full Armor Gundam fired a direct hit on the *Dried Fish*'s bridge, concluding his documented role in the conflict.