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BURTON EUGENE SMALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – October 14, 1969
Service recordBurton Eugene Small, of Wapello, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Wapello, Iowa (Louisa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 78
- DOUGLAS ALAN LEMONDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JERE RONE LOWESergeant · October 14, 1969
- GEORGE PATRICK MCCLINTICPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JAMES TERRY SAVAGESergeant · October 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERE RONE LOWESergeant · Panel 17W, Line 78
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.