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LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1949 – July 10, 1968
Service recordLonnie Morris Burchett, of Bristol, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Bristol, Virginia (Bristol (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 9
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
From Bristol
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID BUCHANANPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYON FARMER IILance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES C BUCHANANCorporal · August 28, 1969
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 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.