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DERRILL LEE BURNSIDE
Captain · U.S. Army
August 2, 1939 – May 3, 1971
Service recordDerrill Lee Burnside, of Kingman, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Kingman, Arizona (Mohave County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 23
- WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT KIGERSergeant · May 3, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
From Kingman
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
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.