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CLEATIS LYNN BURGESS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 29, 1949 – October 19, 1970
Service recordCleatis Lynn Burgess, of Meigs, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 9
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Meigs, Georgia (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 9
- DICKEY CRAIGSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DONALD ERNEST FISCHERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK ZACHARZUKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 8
- DAVID EUGENE BRYANTSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 8
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 9
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.