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DAVID FELIX BURCH
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 24, 1949 – June 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Felix Burch, of Danville, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 3, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 51
- LEON THOMAS CULVERHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY DUNAJSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.