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RICHARD ALBERT BURGESS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1950 – February 18, 1970
Service recordRichard Albert Burgess, of Tower, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Tower, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 26
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1970
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD CLOUGHPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- GARY JAMES EARLYWINESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 27
- PATRICK OWEN POMPELLASergeant · Panel 13W, Line 30
From Tower
- NICHOLAS C STEFANICHSpecialist Four · August 31, 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.