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THOMAS GUY BURGE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 5, 1943 – January 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Guy Burge, of Bell, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Bell, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 5
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- DENNIS LEWIS BOLTONSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
From Bell
- WINFORD MCCOSARLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 1970
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.