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JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – November 23, 1966
Service recordJoseph Darryl Burnett, of Trona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Trona, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 111
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 112
From Trona
- ARTHUR QUEZADAFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1968
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · March 7, 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.