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BERNES EDWARD BURRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordBernes Edward Burris, of St Albans, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 6, 1943
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · May 5, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CHARLEYSergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 8
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 19
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 28
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
From St Albans
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1970
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.