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CHARLES CALVIN BURNS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1944 – June 1, 1967
Service recordCharles Calvin Burns, of Ripley, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 26
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Ripley, Tennessee (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 26
- WILLIAM G COATSMajor · June 1, 1967
- GARY CURTIS CUPPLESCorporal · June 1, 1967
- ISAAC ANDREW DIEZ JRLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID DUNLAP JRPrivate · June 1, 1967
From Ripley
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · September 14, 1969
- JAMES ERLEY MCGARRITY JRLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
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.