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THEODORE HUGHES BURTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – April 26, 1969
Service recordTheodore Hughes Burton, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 52
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JEROME CARTERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO GREGORYLance Corporal · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 55
From Springfield
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TIMOTHY DAVID MCHUGHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JOSEPH GRISAFISeaman · October 3, 1972
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.