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DILLARD REED BURNLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1942 – February 1, 1966
Service recordDillard Reed Burnley, of Shipman, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Shipman, Virginia (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 127
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN BROWNPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 128
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 128
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 131
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Shipman
- NATHANIEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
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.