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THOMAS JOHN BURTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordThomas John Burton, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 15
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 15
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- CLAUDE COLE JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 14
- LEONARD BEATTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 16
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 18
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 20
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
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.