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STEVEN RALPH BURCH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 15, 1951 – March 5, 1971
Service recordSteven Ralph Burch, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 23
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1951
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 23
- KENNETH JAMES WAGNERLance Corporal · March 4, 1971
- CHARLES ROBERT BIGLIENISergeant · March 5, 1971
- RICHARD SAMUEL DENNISONSpecialist Five · March 5, 1971
- GILBERT DOWELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT DOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 23
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- LARRY DAVID LODENCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 25
- RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 25
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 25
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.