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JAMES ARTHUR BURNS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – September 13, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Burns, of Granby, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 78
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 78
- JAMES FREDERICK CAMERONCaptain · September 13, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS GLENN CORNWELLPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- THOMAS WILEY NORMAN JRCaptain · September 13, 1969
From Granby
- ROBERT EARL BRIDGESAirman Second Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL GIDVILASSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 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.