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CLARENCE HENRY BURDETT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1929 – February 28, 1968
Service recordClarence Henry Burdett, of Marietta, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Marietta, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 64
- JOHN PATRICK ELLISCaptain · February 28, 1968
- ALAN GREGORY FLOYDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- RAYMOND CLARK MASONLance Corporal · May 28, 2006
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR JAMES BROSSMANMaster Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 59
- MELVIN EUGENE CHLOUPEKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 60
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JOSEPH BION PHILIPSON JRCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
- WILLIAM PIERCE RAUBACHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 71
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 73
- JIMMIE LESTER TODDMaster Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 1
From Marietta
- DON KENNETH LEDFORDCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID POOLE JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · December 28, 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.