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GARNEY BURLESON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 30, 1950 – January 28, 1971
Service recordGarney Burleson JR, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 66
- DEWIGHT EDWARDS NORTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
- STEVEN JAMES OLCOTTSpecialist Four · January 27, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
- JAMES EARL WEATHERSBYPrivate First Class · January 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 67
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.