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BURT CHAUNCY SMALL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – March 6, 1967
Service recordBurt Chauncy Small JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 6, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 31
- CLYDE LEE KEITHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SMITH JRCorporal · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD B CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 26
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 31
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.