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ERNEST DOOM BURNS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 14, 1946 – July 14, 1969
Service recordErnest Doom Burns, of New York, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 115
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 115
- DAVID EARL YATESFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID ALBERTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEWEY RENEE BUTLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 116
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · Panel 21W, Line 116
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
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.