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RICHARD ALLEN BURNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Burns, of Fontana, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 89
- ELVIE BELL JRCorporal · February 28, 1969
- CLIFTON LEE BROYERCorporal · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JACK BRUCEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL DONLANSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 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.