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JAMES HOWARD BURT
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – December 7, 1968
Service recordJames Howard Burt, of Ft Payne, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Payne, Alabama (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 55
- DENNIS WAYNE BURIANPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CADORETTESergeant · December 7, 1968
- RICHARD CRAWFORDGunnery Sergeant · December 7, 1968
- KARL PETER DENCYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
From Ft Payne
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- BENNIE RAY MONCUSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
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.