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TIMOTHY GORDON BURCHETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – June 29, 1969
Service recordTimothy Gordon Burchett, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 31
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · June 29, 1969
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- LEVIL HICKSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENNY DAVIS STUCKEYSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 34
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.