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NEIL ROBERT BURNHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – December 17, 1968
Service recordNeil Robert Burnham, of Petersham, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 33
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Petersham, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNLieutenant Colonel · December 17, 1968
- RAMON CASTRO-MORALESSergeant · December 17, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS CHASECorporal · December 17, 1968
- BROOKS MICHAEL SCRIVNERPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 34
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 37
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
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.