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BURLEY DEAN EZELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordBurley Dean Ezell, of Noble, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Noble, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 6
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY WAINWRIGHT BOEHMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 4
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 11
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.