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EUGENE LEROY BURBEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – September 22, 1969
Service recordEugene Leroy Burbey, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 124
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 124
- BARRY KENNETH ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 22, 1969
- GLENN MARTIN BRADLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE ELLISSergeant · September 22, 1969
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.