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DIETER HANS BURGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1940 – September 5, 1967
Service recordDieter Hans Burger, of Lombard, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Lombard, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 113
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID CALVITTISpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 1
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 4
From Lombard
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PERRY LYONSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 1970
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 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.