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JOHN BURDETTE ULFERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Burdette Ulfers, of Sibley, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Sibley, Iowa (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 80
- WILLIAM RAYMOND THIEMSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CARLOS VEGA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- EDWARD BARRY VOGELColonel · November 27, 1968
- RANDALL WILLIAM WAGNERCorporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 72
- GORDON EARL DEGARMOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 79
From Sibley
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE JON KLAAHSENSpecialist Four · August 1, 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.