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MICHAEL THOMAS BURNS
Captain · U.S. Army
February 28, 1943 – July 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Thomas Burns, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 46
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 46
- LARRY DANIEL BOOBARSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- WENDELL MELVIN BURNSCorporal · September 6, 1969
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · September 6, 1969
- JERRY WARNER HICKERSONPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.