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MARVIN MELTON BURNS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1943 – June 23, 1969
Service recordMarvin Melton Burns, of Tampa, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 117
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Transportation Officer (0692)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 117
- JOHN EDWARD BRAIDSergeant · June 23, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE CAMERONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD CONDIT JRMajor · June 23, 1969
- JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 116
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 119
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · Panel 22W, Line 121
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.