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JOHN CURTIS BURDEN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 19, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Curtis Burden, of Madisonville, Kentucky, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 1 3 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 4
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RONALD PAUL WINTERSFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- JOSEPH BENSONSpecialist Five · August 17, 1967
From Madisonville
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- JOHN LEE JONESCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
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.