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JOHN PATRICK BURNS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1946 – July 7, 1965
Service recordJohn Patrick Burns, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 28
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- HENRY ALFRED MUSA JRSergeant First Class · July 5, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- ESTEBAN MORALES ALVAREZLance Corporal · July 4, 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.