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GARY RAY BURNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1945 – March 5, 1968
Service recordGary Ray Burnett, of Union, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Union, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 4
- JAMES MICHEAL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT REED CRISWELLSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- SALVADOR BORREGO GARCIALance Corporal · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 3
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 4
- ROBERT REED CRISWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 4
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · Panel 43E, Line 5
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
- MICHAEL WALTER LANGERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 8
- FREDRICK ELLIS LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 8
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 9
- THOMAS WILLIAM PRYORSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 10
- CHARLES SANDERSSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 10
From Union
- THOMAS JAMES TOLLIVERCaptain · September 18, 1965
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · May 20, 1970
- DALE EDWARD GREIFEWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1970
- RONALD PAUL REMBOLDTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
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.