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JAMES DAVID BURNS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – April 26, 1969
Service recordJames David Burns, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 52
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JEROME CARTERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO GREGORYLance Corporal · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 55
- RICKEY ALLEN PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.