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WILLIAM C BURGESS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – June 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam C Burgess JR, of Ellijay, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 65
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Ellijay, Georgia (Gilmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 65
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · June 4, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS KINGSpecialist Five · June 4, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · June 4, 1969
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 63
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 68
From Ellijay
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
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.