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ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAM
Captain · U.S. Army
August 6, 1942 – October 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Gene Burlingham, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 57
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- August 6, 1942
- Home of record
- North Kingstown, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 57
- DAVID BRANTLEY ALTMANSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- GABRIEL BACAPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- DANNY DALE BURKHEADSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LEE HOGGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 59
- ROBERT GEORGE POREAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27E, Line 61
- LEWIS ARTHUR TRASKPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 62
From North Kingstown
- BRUCE E BOYERSergeant First Class · June 2, 1967
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · March 20, 1969
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.