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CHARLES C BURNETT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1939 – May 14, 1967
Service recordCharles C Burnett JR, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 21, 1939
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 116
- JOHN EARL CRONINPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DAVID JAMES DALTONSpecialist Five · May 14, 1967
- JOSEPH L DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- BENITO REYNA GONZALEZCorporal · May 14, 1967
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 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.