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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dewey Ray Burns JR.

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DEWEY RAY BURNS JR

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

October 10, 1948 – September 13, 1969

Service record

Dewey Ray Burns JR, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 18W · Line 77

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
Born
October 10, 1948
Home of record
Sulphur Springs, Texas (Hopkins County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 13, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 18W, Line 77

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.