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MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1944 – May 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Finnie Burleson, of Waxahachie, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Waxahachie, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 6
- GORDON CURTISS BROWNPetty Officer First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PEDRO JAIME CAUDILLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1968
- LYNN BAILEY COLEMANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Waxahachie
- JODY MAC LANGLEYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 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.