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PAUL WAYNE BURNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1951 – December 15, 1970
Service recordPaul Wayne Burnett, of Jennings, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Jennings, Florida (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 122
- ROGER WILLIAM SWEETAirman First Class · December 14, 1970
- CARROLL JOSEPH DEUSOMaster Chief Petty Officer · December 15, 1970
- RALPH THEODORE GLIMSpecialist Four · December 15, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD GRIFFIN IISergeant · December 15, 1970
From Jennings
- CLARENCE MITCHELL HILLSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.