The Wall › Panel 23W › North Carolina › Wayne R Burrage
WAYNE R BURRAGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – June 7, 1969
Service recordWayne R Burrage, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 97
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 97
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE CLAYBURNLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- SAMUEL CHAMPION COPELANDPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANTHONY GRILLYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 100
- SHELDON WAYNE HICKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 101
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.