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STEPHEN WALTER BURGDORFER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 13, 1950 – March 6, 1971
Service recordStephen Walter Burgdorfer, of Van, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Recovery Specialist (63F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Van, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 27
- HORACE LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- JAMES RUSSELL HICKSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1971
- JOHNNIE LEE PRYEARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CLINGER BASSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 26
- HORACE LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 27
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.