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Harry Payne Burton

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Portrait of Sergeant First Class Harry Payne Burton, US Army. Image taken from the website of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Image may have copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sergeant First Class Harry Payne Burton, US Army. Image taken from the website of the Vi …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Payne AWMM
  • Surname
    Burton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    13664964 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican Episcopal, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 February 1942 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married/Vietnam AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2/Regular Military Service 1960 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • His last tour of duty began on 8 August 1968 and at the time of his death he had served 8 years in the army. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 April 1969 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Tay Ninh, Vietnam AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland, USA AWMM Plot A, 0, 23A AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Vietnams Veteran Memorial Wall, United States AWMM

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