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VERNON WALTER BURGESON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1940 – April 17, 1968
Service recordVernon Walter Burgeson, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WARD LEROY ANTHONYCorporal · April 17, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- HOWARD WAYNE BANDELIERPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.