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BERNARD JOHN BURNS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordBernard John Burns JR, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 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 37E, Line 51
- DAVID LLOYD BOWMAN JRAirman First Class · February 6, 1968
- DONALD FREDERICK BURNETTSenior Chief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JOSEPH CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CONVERY JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DAVID ELTRINGHAMSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 54
- CURTIS DEAN SCOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 69
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.