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JAMES ARTHUR BURTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – January 24, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Burton, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 69
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 69
- ANTHONY JOSEPH WIECKOWICZSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · January 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CADYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD CARLYLEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.