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STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – March 12, 1967
Service recordStephen Frank Burlingame, of Glendale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 67
- JOSEPH DANIEL ADRIANFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 68
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 69
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 69
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 70
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.