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SCOTT M BURGESS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – September 26, 1967
Service recordScott M Burgess, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 14
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 AVN CO 222 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 14
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ARCHIE MONROE CARLYLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- BILLY KIETH DEVASIERLance Corporal · September 26, 1967
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 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.