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DONALD RAY BURGESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – December 13, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Burgess, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 86
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 86
- GRADY ISIAIAH CARRIKER JRCaptain · December 13, 1967
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL CARTERStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE COTTONMajor · December 13, 1967
- MELVIN EUGENE CROSSMANCorporal · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GEORGE HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 87
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 88
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.