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TYRONE GREGORY BURSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – August 5, 1966
Service recordTyrone Gregory Burse, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 107
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 107
- RICHARD JAMES WILLETTSpecialist Four · August 5, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- CARL FREDRICK MEIERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 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.