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LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1949 – June 6, 1970
Service recordLawrence Dean Burgess, of Ottawa, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Kansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 18
- MICHAEL JOHN BLANSCETCaptain · June 6, 1970
- ROBERT RAY BOESKOOLCorporal · June 6, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 19
- DENNIS NORMAN HOGENBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 20
- MARK EDWARD KLEVERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 20
From Ottawa
- SAMMY RAY WISWELLStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
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.