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STEVEN CRAIG BURNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – May 15, 1971
Service recordSteven Craig Burns, of New Hope, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- New Hope, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 35
- DONALD MAURICE POKECorporal · May 14, 1971
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1971
- HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
- LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCESergeant · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS MEADOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 36
From New Hope
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · September 25, 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.