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ALAN CLARENCE BURTNESS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 19, 1945 – February 20, 1969
Service recordAlan Clarence Burtness, of Medina, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Medina, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 64
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- THOMAS RAY DANIELSSergeant · February 20, 1969
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · February 20, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS FRANKESeaman · February 20, 1969
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.