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LUTHER WILLIAM BURTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1941 – November 1, 1965
Service recordLuther William Burton, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 11
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 11
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 11
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 11
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 13
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
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.