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BURNIE HARRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 19, 1917 – May 18, 1966
Service recordBurnie Harris, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 81
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 19, 1917
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 81
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 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.