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JAMES EDWARD BURTON JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – March 3, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Burton JR, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 77
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 77
- LARRY DUANE ARONHALTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH SAMUEL DEEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1970
- ANTHONY GOLSONCorporal · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 77
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 79
- JARED BRUCE WALDINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 80
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.