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JUNIOR R BURNS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1935 – October 16, 1967
Service recordJunior R Burns, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 14
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 14
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · October 16, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKE JRMajor · October 16, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR DEMERSCorporal · October 16, 1967
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 14
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 16
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- TOMMY ANDREW WALDONCorporal · March 20, 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.