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JOHN THOMAS BURTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1946 – May 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Burton, of Mt Juliet, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Juliet, Tennessee (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 15
- RICHARD CLARK ABBATECorporal · May 18, 1968
- DAVID MELVIN BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- MELVIN CAMPFIELDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- MARK JERALD CARTERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
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.