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DENNIS WAYNE BURIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1949 – December 7, 1968
Service recordDennis Wayne Burian, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341)
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 55
- JAMES HOWARD BURTCorporal · December 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CADORETTESergeant · December 7, 1968
- RICHARD CRAWFORDGunnery Sergeant · December 7, 1968
- KARL PETER DENCYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.