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BURL DENTON HEWITT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordBurl Denton Hewitt, of Newport, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 23
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- WILBURN FRED VAUGHTStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHAN CODRINGTONCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 18
- DAVID ALLEN WORTHEYCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 7
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.