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LEONARD WESLEY BURNS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 31, 1940 – October 18, 1966
Service recordLeonard Wesley Burns, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 86
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- BOBBIE JEFFERSON DENNISWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1966
- VICTOR ORIN FOWLER JRStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT VESSELSSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD M MCILVAIN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 88
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.