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HOWARD MICHAEL BURNS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 4, 1948 – November 14, 1969
Service recordHoward Michael Burns, of Adrian, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 72
- MICHAEL JAMES ROBINSONPrivate · November 13, 1969
- CYRIL HARRIS TOWNLEYLance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE ANDRESENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DAVID PETER J BEDROSIANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
From Adrian
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT DAWSONSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ALLEN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DALE L E DAVISSergeant · February 15, 1968
- GEORGE LEE CARRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
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.