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JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – January 27, 1969
Service recordJames Sandford Burnett JR, of Watermill, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 91
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Watermill, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 91
- ROBERT MERRILL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- WALLACE THOMAS CORBITTCorporal · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 89
- ROGER CLOYCE BEALLSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 90
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 90
- ROBERT JOSEPH GNIADEKCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 2
- MARK NELS JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 2
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 3
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- WILLIAM DANIEL NUHFERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 4
- STEVEN JEROME ROUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 4
- DIOSDADO SANTOS-IZAGASSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 4
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.