Vietnam War
JIMMY FRED BURCHFIELD

Honored on Panel 29W, Row 91
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Jimmy Fred Burchfield

From Whitewright Texas Sgt Co B 1 Inf American Div Vietnam BSM PH Service Number 54443841 Born 8 May 1945 - Died 20 Mar 1969 Quang Tin Province South Vietnam Light Weapons Infantry He died of multiple fragmentation wounds the same day he was wounded. He was a Sgt His papers at death showed 196th LIB B Co, 2nd BN, 1st Infantry He died while he was MIA. He had been in Vietnam 18 days before he was killed. The Waco-Times-Herald 27 Mar 1969 He is listed in the official list of the dead for the Vietnam War, Texas losses.

Buried in Oak Hill in Whitewright
(which is Just over the line in Fannin Co)
Headstone application card.

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