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REGINALD WAYNE BURRIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordReginald Wayne Burris, of Ellendale, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Ellendale, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 66
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · August 19, 1969
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JERRY JAMES CURTISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAWSONSergeant · August 19, 1969
From Ellendale
- DONALD PHILIP HAMILTONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
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.