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JAMES LYNN BURNS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1942 – December 21, 1967
Service recordJames Lynn Burns, of Billings, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 35
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- MITCHELL JEROME DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED DONALD LAMBERTFirst Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 37
- LANE ABERHAM TILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 41
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 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.