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JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – June 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Lawrence Burgess, of Kingsley, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 104
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Kingsley, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- JAMES FREEMAN ELKINChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 30, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 103
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 106
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 106
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
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.