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JAMES MICHAEL BURROUGHS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordJames Michael Burroughs, of Comer, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Comer, Georgia (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 55
- DALE EDWARD BROUGHTCorporal · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS BROWNPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNSergeant · May 20, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 69
From Comer
- JOHN MELVIN WHEELERCaptain · October 13, 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.