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KEN DWIGHT BURNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – November 13, 1970
Service recordKen Dwight Burns, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 56
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 56
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- WILLIAM W BANCROFT JRFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ROBERT HUGH GUMM JRSergeant · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.