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JOHN D BURNS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – January 11, 1967
Service recordJohn D Burns JR, of Broaddus, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Broaddus, Texas (San Augustine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 9
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- EUGENE CABBAGESTALKPrivate · January 11, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CALLISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 10
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 10
- ALVIE CLINTON WYATTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 13
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.