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ELMO BURNEY JR
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 15, 1944 – February 20, 1967
Service recordElmo Burney JR, of New York, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 20, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 65
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 65
- THOMAS EDWARD BROMLEYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE GAMBRELLPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- RUSSELL CLEMENSEN GOODMANMajor · February 20, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.