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JOHN JAMES BURNS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – February 11, 1970
Service recordJohn James Burns JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 February 11, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 124
- JOEL RICHARD STEPPSeaman · February 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
- LANNIE RAY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- KENNETH LAVERN KELLERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 126
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- ROBERT ROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 128
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
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.