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MARK WAYNE BURCHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1950 – November 17, 1969
Service recordMark Wayne Burchard, of Clarmont, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 86
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarmont, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 86
- ROBERT CLARENCE SKINNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- JERRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK FRANCIS TEARLSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 91
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.