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GERALD RAY BURNS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1948 – November 8, 1966
Service recordGerald Ray Burns, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 40
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 40
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- EDWARD GEE BLACKMONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
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.