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DARRELL EDWARD BURNS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1950 – June 23, 1970
Service recordDarrell Edward Burns, of Everett, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 82
- THOMAS RICHARD BROWNSeaman · June 23, 1970
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD EUGENE COWANCorporal · June 23, 1970
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LYNN POOLESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 86
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.