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JOHN BURGESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – April 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Burgess, of Cherokee, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 105
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Cherokee, North Carolina (Swain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 105
- WILLIAM RACCAFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMANSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 106
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 3
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 4
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Cherokee
- JOHN EDWARD OOCUMMAPrivate First Class · February 16, 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.