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ARCHIE BURNETTE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordArchie Burnette JR, of Aberdeen, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 89
- LESTER EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 2
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 4
- GARY W HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 12
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · Panel 36E, Line 15
- RICHARD FALCON DELGADOSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 21
- WILLIAM ROBERT LEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 21
- DAVID LLOYD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 29
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 32
- DAVID OWEN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 33
- CLIFTON DOUGLAS ROYCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 33
- DAVID LEE TURNERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MELVIN JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Aberdeen
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 24, 1966
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD HARDENSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- ROGER BLAKE TJERNBERGCorporal · February 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · February 21, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
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.