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JUAN R BURGOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – December 14, 1967
Service recordJuan R Burgos, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 December 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 90
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM K CLAWSONWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.