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DONALD RUSSELL BURTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1939 – April 2, 1966
Service recordDonald Russell Burton, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 74
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
- July 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 74
- DAVID MARSHALL DAVIESCaptain · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD FULLERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
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.