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GARY RAY BURNETTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1948 – June 23, 1968
Service recordGary Ray Burnette, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Souderton, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 20
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS CASEYColonel · June 23, 1968
From Souderton
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · September 26, 1966
- LE ROY DELANO M GARISStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1969
- GLENN DALE RICKERTCaptain · May 29, 1970
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.