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First Name: Burton

Last Name: Mccord

Birthplace: Brady, TX, US

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Brady, TX
Middle Name: Kyle



Date of Birth: 28 June 1941

Date of Death: 14 April 1966

Rank: Captain

Years Served: 1963 - 1966 (2)
Burton Kyle Mccord
'Burt'

   
Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1963

Engagements:
•  Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)

Biography:

Cullum # 24531.

One of 336 graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to die or who are MIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. One of 20 men from the USMA Class of 1963 to make the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.

Reported to have been awarded the Silver Star with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart Medals on the following links and listed on his headstone in the Arlington National Cemetery.

https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MccordBK01a.htm

https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/36326/BURTON-K-MCCORD/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15138344/burton-kyle-mccord



Origin of Nickname/Handle:
Texas Exceptional Gallantry
updated by drjones46 on 3/19/2021

Honoree ID: 263501   Created by: MHOH

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