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THOMAS LEE BURTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1944 – March 1, 1969
Service recordThomas Lee Burton, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- February 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 99
- CALVIN EUGENE ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL DEAN BRUCEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- CLYDE WILLIAM CAMPBELLCaptain · March 1, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.