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JOHN SHELBY BURFORD
Major · U.S. Army
June 13, 1934 – August 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Shelby Burford, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 67
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (32162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 67
- MICHAEL JOHN ALLARDLieutenant · August 30, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- FARRELL RICHARD CAREWSergeant · August 30, 1967
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 1970
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.