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CHARLIE LEE BURNEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1947 – June 25, 1967
Service recordCharlie Lee Burney, of Smithville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Smithville, Georgia (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; two 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 22E, Line 60
- JERRY LYNE STEEDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · June 25, 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.