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TED WILLIAM BURROUGHS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – December 22, 1967
Service recordTed William Burroughs JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 42
- WILLIAM H BORCHARTWarrant Officer 1 · December 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL BRIDGES JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PETER B BUSHEYFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- EDWARD LEE POLSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.