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MICHAEL EDWARD BURNS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – July 12, 1970
Service recordMichael Edward Burns, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 11
- HILBURN M BURDETTE JRSergeant · July 12, 1970
- TERRY PAUL BURKSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ARMOND DEMASIFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1970
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM HINDSSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 12
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.