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JAMES JOSEPH BURGOYNE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 19, 1939 – March 2, 1970
Service recordJames Joseph Burgoyne, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 73
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
- March 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. 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 73
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- GUY RAY BRISTOLLieutenant Colonel · March 2, 1970
- SYLVESTER COLLINSPrivate · March 2, 1970
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · March 2, 1970
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.