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CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETT
Private · U.S. Army
February 20, 1951 – November 21, 1970
Service recordCurters Joseph Burnett, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 75
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 75
- FRANCIS ALBERT ZERGGENCorporal · November 20, 1970
- DENNIS LEROY ZIEBARTHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1970
- JAMES IGNATIUS BOWDREN JRCorporal · November 21, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 76
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
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.