Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11C – Indirect Fire Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 30-Mar-1947
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 22-Sep-1966
Start of tour: 14-Jul-1967
Incident date: 14-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 14-Dec-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Juan R. Burgos died from multiple injuries received while the driver of a military vehicle when vehicle hit a hostile mine, overturning on him.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Cementerio Municipal de Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico, USA
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