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FREDERICK BURRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordFrederick Burris, of Monsey, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Monsey, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 21
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- HAMPDEN CUTTS JUDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- LARRY LEE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
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.