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ROBERT HOWARD BURGESS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1937 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Howard Burgess, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 111
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 111
- RONALD DAVID CHALOUSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM COLECorporal · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESTER DUKESSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS F FANNING JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
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.