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DAVID ROY BURGESS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1942 – January 21, 1966
Service recordDavid Roy Burgess, of Kew Gardens, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Kew Gardens, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 81
- ANTHONY SKODMINPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT TAURISANOLance Corporal · January 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS EGAN JRCaptain · January 21, 1966
From Kew Gardens
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
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.