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JOHNNY LEE BURRISS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1943 – November 18, 1969
Service recordJohnny Lee Burriss, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 92
- ROGER DALE ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
- DAVID LEE DOYLEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
- THOMAS MILTON GOULDINCorporal · November 18, 1969
- OSCAR LEE GRIFFINLance Corporal · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 93
- KANJI YOSHINOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 94
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
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.