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RUSSELL DAVID BURGESS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1949 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRussell David Burgess, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 15
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS J CARROLLCorporal · April 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL BUSTER CLARKPrivate · April 26, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.