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JOHN MOORE BURNLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1949 – February 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Moore Burnley, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 99
- VINCENT ROBERT THORNBURGGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- ROBERT MERRILL WARNOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 3, 1970
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.