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EARL KENNETH BURNS JR
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 27, 1933 – November 26, 1966
Service recordEarl Kenneth Burns JR, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 119
- JAMES TERRY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CORKERNSpecialist Four · November 26, 1966
- DIETER WALTER DIETZMaster Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
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.