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JAMES BILLY BURTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordJames Billy Burton, of Gordonville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Gordonville, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 38
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- JUAN HIPOLITO CAMARGOSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- WALTER JOHN CARNEYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- TEDDY EARL HARGROVECorporal · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- JOSEPH STANLEY LABAYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 41
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ROY MARTIN PINGSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 43
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.