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CHARLES STUART BURNS III
Captain · U.S. Army
January 26, 1941 – September 28, 1966
Service recordCharles Stuart Burns III, of Fanwood, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 184 AVN CO 210 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Fanwood, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 25
- JOHN WESLEY GEARYLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- DENNIS TRUMAN HAYWORTHSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
From Fanwood
- EDWARD MATTHEW KLANIECKISpecialist Four · May 9, 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.