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STEPHEN E BURTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – September 24, 1966
Service recordStephen E Burton, of Bradford, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 6
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Bradford, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 6
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ESTILL LEE CHILDERSLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- JACK EMANUEL CROUCH JRLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- GARRY DON DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JOSEPH BANNACHSergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 8
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.