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JAMES ROBERT BURCH JR
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 28, 1948 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Burch JR, of Hialeah, Florida, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 17, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 8
- JOHN LEE BINGLEY JRLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- RALPH ALTON BRANSON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BURRSergeant · March 17, 1968
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
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.