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RONDAL LEE BURNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1944 – June 16, 1969
Service recordRondal Lee Burns, of Hixson, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 56
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Hixson, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 56
- EDWARD VOYTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WICKLINE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MITCHELL BLAINE WYSELPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- GARY DEAN BENDERCorporal · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ALLEN PAGECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 59
- LEROY HARRY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 60
From Hixson
- JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTTCaptain · May 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SHORTCorporal · April 13, 1968
- DANIEL EARNEST NELMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
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.