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BOYCE DALE BURGETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1949 – January 31, 1969
Service recordBoyce Dale Burgett, of Dyer, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Dyer, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 24
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- RALPH LEIGH BLAUVELTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- DAVID EVERETT BROOKINSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.