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EARL ROSEMOND BURNLEY JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 29, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordEarl Rosemond Burnley JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 6
- EDWARD JAMES ALLENLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- FORREST LAWAYNE BARTRAMPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- MARVIN A J BULLOCKLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.