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STANLEY WAYNE BURGESS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1951 – May 10, 1969
Service recordStanley Wayne Burgess, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 36
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 36
- GERALD GENE BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUSStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PHILLIP EUGENE COMBSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.