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JOHN CHARLES BURRIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Burris, of El Dorado, Arkansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 123
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 123
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT KARL COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DONALD GRIFFINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 124
- ROBERT PHILLIP OBRIENPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 126
- BRUCE RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 127
From El Dorado
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- CURTIS RICHARD BAKERLieutenant · March 28, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- JAMES SHEPPARD MORGANColonel · November 10, 1967
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTTSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.