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RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1946 – July 1, 1968
Service recordRichard Floyd Burnham JR, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 27
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- LESLIE LOUIS CARTERPetty Officer First Class · July 1, 1968
- TERRY LEE COGGINSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- JAMES LARRY CROCKETTStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BRADFORD EOFF JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 28
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54W, Line 29
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
- ROBERT LAWRENCE PULSSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
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.