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JOHN HARLIE BURGESS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – August 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Harlie Burgess JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 81
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- KENT CARTER WOLFSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
- WAYNE VALGEEN BLAKELance Corporal · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LYNELL BLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MARTIN CLARKLance Corporal · August 4, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.