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JAMES EDWARD BURNS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1948 – December 7, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Burns, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 57
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- JIMMY CHARLES ELRODPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT GILGER IIISecond Lieutenant · December 7, 1967
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.