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STEVEN DALE BURTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – March 31, 1968
Service recordSteven Dale Burton, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 20
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- PATRICK MARTIN DERIGCorporal · March 31, 1968
- GERALD LOUIS DEROSEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT DESHURLEYPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
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.