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DAVID RICHARD BURSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – January 3, 1968
Service recordDavid Richard Burson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES BRISCOELance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CLAIRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CLAYCorporal · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 25
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 27
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 27
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 29
- EDWARD KEITH ROBISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.