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JACK EDWIN BURTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1950 – July 17, 1968
Service recordJack Edwin Burton, of Whites Creek, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 41
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Whites Creek, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 41
- ISAAC NATHANIEL CLARKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- ARIEL LINDLEY CROSSMajor · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- WILLIAM F REILLY IIISecond Lieutenant · July 17, 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.