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MORRIS EUGENE BURNS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1945 – February 12, 1967
Service recordMorris Eugene Burns, of Monticello, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Monticello, Indiana (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 18
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- ALLEN LEROY BUTLERCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVE LEWIS CAMBYCaptain · February 12, 1967
- PAUL VICTOR CARLSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 12, 1967
From Monticello
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- JOSEPH CHARLES APPLEGATEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID CRISWELLCorporal · July 5, 1969
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.