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DONALD RAY BURNSIDE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – October 24, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Burnside, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 27
- CLARENCE BENO CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD DARTTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- WILLIE ROBERT TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEWIS MOSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 29
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 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.