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RAYMOND DOUGLAS BURBAGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – February 21, 1968
Service recordRaymond Douglas Burbage, of Norwalk, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 51
- ROBERT NELSON BAKERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1968
- BARTOLOME ALFONSO BALDERAPrivate · February 21, 1968
- JACK WILLIAMS BRASINGTONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WADE KINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 54
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.