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HILBURN M BURDETTE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1950 – July 12, 1970
Service recordHilburn M Burdette JR, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Simpsonville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In July 1970, 495 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 11
- TERRY PAUL BURKSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BURNSSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ARMOND DEMASIFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1970
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
From Simpsonville
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- DICKIE OWENS NELSONSergeant · April 28, 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.