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JOHN ROBERT BURNS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 8, 1932 – August 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Robert Burns, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 4, 1966, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 105
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 105
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · August 4, 1966
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.