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ROBERT GEORGE BURRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – August 2, 1966
Service recordRobert George Burrell, of Albany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 96
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 96
- JOSE A RIVERAPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- KENT L AMERINESpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENT L AMERINESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 96
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 98
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HIRAM J KNIGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- EARL MELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 99
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED ROMAN SAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- EDWARD MICHAEL SIEBENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.