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GEORGE JAMES BURD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1948 – December 23, 1968
Service recordGeorge James Burd, of Hightstown, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 MP BN 1 FLC 3 MAF
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Hightstown, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 67
- LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERGFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS GUY BENSONSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- ROBERT KENDRICK CHASESpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
From Hightstown
- LESTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 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.