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BURTON KYLE MCCORD
Captain · U.S. Army
June 28, 1941 – April 14, 1966
Service recordBurton Kyle McCord, of Brady, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger (81214)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Brady, Texas (Mcculloch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 113
- JAMMIE JAY LANIERPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- CHARLES JOHN MURPHY JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- HOWARD EARL ROTHRING JRPrivate · April 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 112
From Brady
- LEONARD EUGENE EASLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 14, 1967
- FREDDIE ALLEN BONETTIStaff Sergeant · January 18, 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.