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DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1945 – June 2, 1966
Service recordDouglas McArthur Burnett, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 134
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 134
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- LEROY PAUL PRAIRIEPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 132
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 133
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 133
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 1
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 1
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.