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JOE STUART BURCHFIELD
Captain · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – December 2, 1971
Service recordJoe Stuart Burchfield, of Limestone, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 82
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Limestone, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 82
- THOMAS HAROLD FOLEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL HIEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEENEPrivate · December 2, 1971
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
From Limestone
- GARY DALE TRACYCorporal · June 6, 1965
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.